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Translations and Annotations of Choral Repertoire REF BV186.5 J.43
In 2 volumes, volume I covers sacred Latin texts, along with an ecclesiastical
calendar, an overview of the hours of Divine Office, and a glossary of terms.
Volume II covers German texts, with historical background of the compositions.
Both volumes hold pronunciation guides
Texts to Johann Sebastian
Bach’s Church Cantatas (Texte zu den Kirchenkantaten von Johann Sebastian
Bach) REF ML54.B15 C32 1984
German texts with English translations, along with a chart showing the
appropriate cantata for the church calendar.
Schubert: Complete Song
Texts REF
ML54.6 .S39 W52 1988
Texts of Schubert lieder and Italian Songs with English translations.
Masters of the French Art
Song REF
ML54.6 .M33 1991
French with English translations of the songs by Chausson, Debussy,
Duparc, Faure and Ravel.
The Ring of Words
REF ML54.6 .M5 R5
1963
A selection of art song texts in their original languages (German,
French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish) with English translations.
Penguin Book of Lieder
REF ML54.6 .P75 P5 1964
The texts of 18 composers of German lieder with their English
translations are found here, along with a short introduction to the works of
each composer.
Russian Songs & Arias
REF ML54.6 .P57 R8 1991
This contains texts in Russian with English translations, along with a
guide to Russian diction. Covers the works of 13 composers.
The Singer’s Anthology of
20th Century Spanish Songs
REF ML54.6 .S563 1987
This contains Spanish texts and English Translations to the art songs of
Granados, Falla and Mompou, along with a guide to Spanish diction.
Singer’s Debussy
REF ML54.6 .D42
R62 1987
This contains an introduction to each song, French texts and English
translations, along with a guide to French diction and a discussion of Debussy’s
works.
Masters of the Italian Art
Song REF
ML54.6 .M34 1990
Here are presented the Italian texts and English translations of the
complete songs for voice and piano of Bellini, Donaudy, Donizetti, Puccini,
Rossini, Tosti and Verdi.
The Spanish Song Companion
REF ML54.6 .S76 1992
Find here Spanish texts with English translations to the art songs of 53
composers, along with a short introduction to each.
Word by Word Translations
of Songs and Arias REF ML54.6 .W65
Often known as the “Schoep & Harris,” due to the authorship of the 2nd
volume, this title is in 2 volumes, volume I contains translations of German and
French art songs and volume II contains translations of Italian art songs. Both
are arranged alphabetically by composer. Copies are also found in Ablah
Library, 2nd floor.
Italian Art Song
(Lakeway) REF
ML2533.L25 1989
This is a survey of Italian art song, with biographical information, discussion
of individual works and translations.
Nineteenth-Century French
Song
(Meister) REF ML2827.M36
Find here a study of the solo songs of Fauré, Chausson, Duparc and Debussy, with
translations by the author.
A Guide to the Solo Songs
of Johannes Brahms
(Stark) REF MT115.73 S73 1995
This work happens to have English translations but is more specifically
an indepth study of Brahms’ solo songs. This work also contains a listing with
brief biographical information for poets (and translators) of song texts, a
listing of folk song texts, and a bibliography.
The Songs of Hugo Wolf
(Sams) REF MT115.W6 S3 1992
A guide to the songs of Wolf, each entry provides a date of composition,
an English translation, commentary and notes on compositional details.
The Songs of Robert
Schumann (Sams)
REF MT115.S38 S3 1993
A guide to the songs of Schumann, each entry provides a date of
composition, an English translation, commentary and notes on compositional
details. Previous editions are located in Ablah Library, 2nd floor.
The Interpretation of
French Song
(Bernac) REF MT892.B4 1978
This is a guide to French art song, with English translations. A
previous edition is available in Ablah Library, 2nd floor.
The Fischer-Dieskau Book
of Lieder
(Fischere-Dieskau) REF PT1160.E6 F5 197
Here the original text and English translations by George Bird and
Richard Stokes are arranged alphabetically by German title or first line. This
also provides indices of composers, poets, title and first line. A copy to
check out is available in Ablah Library, 2nd floor.
Updated:
June 07, 2012
Contact:
Rachel Crane, Music/Fine Arts
Librarian