Research Guides: Vocal Music and the Voice: A Guide to Research and Resources: Genres & Repertoire

Songs (Sacred)

Each link leads to a PUL catalog page with a list of items in that vocal music subject.

Each link leads to a PUL catalog page with a list of items in that vocal music subject.

The Cambridge Companion to the Lied (Online) by James Parsons (editor)
Call Number: Reference (SV) ML2829 .C36 2004 (print version)
Publication Date: 2004
Chapters devoted to focal composers as well as important issues: the way in which the Lied influenced other musical genres, its use as a musical commodity, and issues of performance. Also includes a detailed chronology of German music and poetry from the late 1730s to the present and a comprehensive bibliography.

Each link leads to a PUL catalog page with a list of items in that vocal music subject.

Guide to the Aria Repertoire by Mark Ross Clark
Call Number: Reference (SV) ML128.O4 C53 2007
An extensive discussion of Fach and audition repertoire is followed by more than 400 arias organized by voice type. Commentary from internationally renowned singers, directors, coaches, and other professionals is also included.

Opera & Operetta LibGuide
Use our PUL LibGuide to locate online and print resources, including key databases, catalogs, and websites about Opera.

Each link leads to a PUL catalog page with a list of items in that vocal music subject.

Each link leads to a PUL catalog page with a list of items in that vocal music subject.

The Oxford Handbook of Choral Pedagogy (Online) by Frank Abrahams & Paul D. Head (editors)
Call Number: MT875 .O94 2017 (print version)
Publication Date: 2017
Addresses traditional paradigms of the field and challenges to them; critical case studies on teaching and conducting specific populations; the pedagogical functions of repertoire; teaching as a way to construct identity; and new scholarly methodologies in pedagogy and the voice.
The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music (Online) by André de Quadros (editor)
Call Number: Reference (SV) ML1500 .C36 2012
Publication Date: 2012
Covers the history of choral music, its emergence and growth worldwide and its professional practice; includes a pedagogical section where several leading choral musicians write about the voice and the inner workings of a choir and give their professional insights into choral practice.
Choral Music: A Research and Information Guide by Avery T. Sharp & James Michael Floyd
Call Number: (ReCAP) ML 128 .C48 S53 2011
Annotated bibliography of reference sources, choral and church music periodicals, choral technique, surveys of choral music, studies of choral genres, and studies of individual composers and works.