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Singers' and Choral Directors' Bible

Resources for the classical singer, including how to find repertoire, translations, pronunciations, and pedagogical works. Choral music resources also are included.

Vocal Exercises

344 Exercises for Singers : a linguistic approach to clear diction and flowing tone by Richard A. Hertel
Call Number: MT820.H478 E9 2008

ISBN: 9780981474304

Publication Date: 2008
The Art of Singing by Francesco Lamperti
Call Number: MT885.L34 A7 1890

Publication Date: 1890

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The Art of Singing : twenty-four vocalises for soprano (m.-soprano, or tenor), op. 81 by Heinrich Panofka
Call Number: MT885 .P28 op.81 high

Publication Date: 1900

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The Art of Vocalization : a graded and systematic series of vocalises for all voices by Eduardo Marzo
Call Number: MT885.A77 M3 mezzo

Publication Date: 1934

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Elementary Progressive Exercises: for the Voice, op. 1 by Mathilde Marchesi
Call Number: MT885 .M37 op.1 1881

Publication Date: 1881

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Fifteen vocalises : (finishing studies), op. 12 : a sequel to the twenty-five lessons, op. 10 by Giuseppe Concone
Call Number: MT885 .C66 op.12, high

Publication Date: 1894

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Fifty lessons for the medium part of the voice by Giuseppe Concone, Alberto Randegger
Call Number: MT885.C6627 op.9 1892 Medium

Publication Date: 1892

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Die Kunst der Kehlfertigkeit = Studies in Velocity by B. Lutgen
Call Number: MT885.L88 K8

Publication Date: 1902

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Practical Italian Vocal Method by Nicola Vaccai
Call Number: MT845 .V32 high or med

Publication Date: 1894

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Practical Singing Tutor: for all voices by Franz Abt, Max Spicker
Call Number: MT885 .A2 Low or High

Publication Date: 1921

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Thirty voice-training exercises : [for soprano] by Emil Behnke, Charles William Pearce
Call Number: MT885.B44 V6 sop.

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Thirty-Six Eight-Measure Vocalises for Elementary Vocal Teaching by Ferdinand Sieber
Call Number: MT885.S5584 op.95 1899

Publication Date: 1899

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Thirty-six eight measure vocalises : elementary studies for mezzo-soprano by Ferdinand. Sieber
Call Number: MT885.S5584 op.93 1900

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Twenty-Nine Preparatory Vocalises for Alto by Giovanni Battista Lamperti
Call Number: MT885 .L35 low

Publication Date: 1889

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The Vaccai Project by Derrick Goff; Rachelle Jonck
Call Number: MT820 .J653 2022 (Music Reference)

ISBN: 9798443189215

Publication Date: 2022-04-18

Inspired by bel canto principles, The Vaccai Project explores the optimal and healthy use of the un-amplified voice. Applicable to all musical styles. The Vaccai Project includes the 15 classic lessons of Vaccai's Metodo pratico newly engraved in the medium (original) key. Historical performance practice notes on the score help the singer unpack historical notational conventions.

Classical Vocal Music: Instruction and Study

The Art of Singing by Enrico Caruso; Louisa Tetrazzini
Call Number: MT820 .T379 1975

ISBN: 0306706741

Publication Date: 1975-02-01
The Art of Singing by Brent J. Monahan
Call Number: MT820 .M75 1978

ISBN: 9780810811553

Publication Date: 1978-11-01
Artistic Singing:its tone production and basic understandings by Lloyd Frederick Sunderman
Call Number: MT882 .S92 1970

ISBN: 0810803151

Publication Date: 1970-01-01
Authentic Singing, Being the History and Practice of the Art of Singing and Teaching by Edward V Foreman
Call Number: MT820 .F63 2001

ISBN: 1887117121

Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Basics of Vocal Pedagogy by Clifton Ware
Call Number: MT820 .W26 1998

ISBN: 0070682895

Publication Date: 1997-07-01
Theoretical and practical vocal method by Mathilde Marchesi; P. L. Miller (Introduction by)
Call Number: MT845.M37 B4 1970

ISBN: 0486223159

Publication Date: 1970-06-01
A bel canto method, or, How to sing Italian baroque music correctly based on the primary sources by Edward Foreman
Call Number: MT845.F674 B4 2006

ISBN: 9781887117180

Publication Date: 2006
Bel Canto : the teaching of the classical Italian song-schools : its decline and restoration by Lucie Manén; Brian Trowell (As told to)
Call Number: MT820 .M26 1987

ISBN: 0193171104

Publication Date: 1987-12-03
Caruso's Method of Voice Production by P. Mario Marafioti; Victor Maurel (Introduction by)
Call Number: MT845.M3684 C3 1981

ISBN: 0486241807

Publication Date: 2010-10-18
Complete Handbook of Voice Training by Richard Alderson
ISBN: 0131613073

Publication Date: 1979-05-01

Available through PALNI
A Complete Treatise on the Art of Singing by Manuel Garcia; Donald V. Paschke (Translator)
Call Number: MT835 .G313 1975

ISBN: 0306762129

Publication Date: 1984-03-01
The Diagnosis & Correction of Vocal Faults : a manual for teachers of singing & for choir directors by James C. McKinney
Call Number: MT820 .M44 2005

ISBN: 1577664035

Publication Date: 2005-02-01
Dynamics of the Singing Voice by M. A. Bunch
Call Number: MT821 .B86 1995

ISBN: 3211826238

Publication Date: 1995-02-01
English, French, German and Italian Techniques of Singing by Richard Miller
ISBN: 0810810204

Publication Date: 1977-06-01

Available through PALNI
Excellence in Singing : multilevel learning and multilevel teaching by Robert Caldwell; Joan Wall
Call Number: MT825 .C35 2001

ISBN: 1877761168

Publication Date: 2000-07-01
The Four Voices of Man by Jerome Hines
Call Number: MT820.H5555 F6 1997

ISBN: 0879100990

Publication Date: 1997-09-01
The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice by Barbara M. Doscher
Call Number: MT821 .D67 1994

ISBN: 0810827085

Publication Date: 1993-12-01
How High Should Boys Sing? by Martin Ashley
Call Number: ML3830.A84 H6 2009

ISBN: 9780754696148

Publication Date: 2009-09-28
How to sing = (Meine gesangskunst) by Lilli Lehmann; Rishard Aldrich
Call Number: MT820 .L43 1909

ISBN: 6833031

Publication Date: 1902
The male singing voice ages eight to eighteen by Frederick J Swanson
Call Number: MT820 .S93 1977

Publication Date: 1977
The New Voice Pedagogy by Marilee David
Call Number: MT820.D376 N4 2008

ISBN: 9780810860421

Publication Date: 2008-03-07
On the Art of Singing by Richard Miller
Call Number: MT820 .M599 1996

ISBN: 0195098250

Publication Date: 1996-05-30
Principles of Voice Production by Ingo R. Titze
Call Number: MT821.T58 P7 2000

ISBN: 0874141222

Publication Date: 2000-01-01
The Professional Voice by Robert Thayer Sataloff
Call Number: MT821 .S28 1991

ISBN: 088167737X

Publication Date: 1991-03-01
The Singer's Companion by Brent Jeffrey Monahan
Call Number: MT820.M633 S5 2006

ISBN: 1574671502

Publication Date: 2007-01-01
The singer's voice. / Vocal folds by Joan Wall; Robert Caldwell; Wayne Kirkham; Pat Karnes; Mark Craig, (Clarinetist)
Call Number: MT821.V633 V63 2005

Publication Date: 2005

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Singing Redefined by Walter C. Foster
Call Number: MT892 .F67 1998

ISBN: 0966386221

Publication Date: 1998-08-01
Singing; the mechanism and the technic. by William Vennard
Call Number: MT825 .V46 1967

Publication Date: 1967
A Spectrum of Voices by Elizabeth Blades-Zeller
Call Number: MT820 .B43 2002

ISBN: 0810844079

Publication Date: 2002-08-29
The Structure of Singing by Richard Miller
Call Number: MT825 .M646 1986

ISBN: 002872660X

Publication Date: 1986-10-21
Training Tenor Voices by Richard Miller
Call Number: MT820 .M6 1993

ISBN: 0028713974

Publication Date: 1993-03-02
Vocal mastery; talks with master singers and teachers, comprising interviews with Caruso, Farrar, Maurel, Lehmann, and others, by Harriette Brower
Call Number: MT820 .B88 1920

Publication Date: 1920
Creating Artistry Through Choral Excellence by Henry H. Leck; Flossie L. Jordan; Sharon Stosur
Call Number: MT915.L4255 C7 2009

ISBN: 9781423437116

Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Vocal Wisdom; Maxims of Giovanni Battista Lamperti by Giovanni Battista Lamperti
Call Number: MT845 .L256 1973

ISBN: 0875970850

Publication Date: 1973-01-01

Popular Vocal Music--Instruction and Study

Advanced Vocal Technique: middle voice, placement & style by Dena Murray; Tita Hutchison
Call Number: MT893.M867 A3 2008

ISBN: 9780634094972

Publication Date: 2008-03-01
Auditioning for the Musical Theatre by Fred Silver; Charles Strouse (Foreword by)
Call Number: MT820 .S54 1985

ISBN: 0937858498

Publication Date: 1985-05-01
Breathing, Speech and Song by D. F. Proctor
Call Number: QP306 .P69

ISBN: 0387815805

Publication Date: 1980-08-01
The Contemporary Singer by Anne Peckham, Jude. Crossen, Tamara. Gebhardt, David. Shrewsbury
Call Number: MT820.P33 C6 2010

ISBN: 9780876391075

Publication Date: 2010-04-01

Score with CD
The Education and Training of the Singer-Actor by NASM Opera/Musical Theatre Committee
Call Number: MT960 .E38 1984

Publication Date: 1984
Freeing the Natural Voice: imagery and art in the practice of voice and language by Kristin Linklater; Andre Slob (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN4162 .L55 2006

ISBN: 0896762505

Publication Date: 2006-10-01
How to Sing Jazz : learn to improvise in the style of the jazz greats! by Barbara. Lea
Call Number: MT850.L42 H6

Publication Date: 1980

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Learning to Sing Non-Classical Music by Ronald Combs, Robert. Bowker
Call Number: MT820 .C695 1995

ISBN: 0130107298

Publication Date: 1994-08-01
The New Voice : how to sing and speak properly by Alan. Greene
Call Number: MT821 .G74 1987x

Publication Date: 1987
Rock - N - Roll Singer's Survival Manual by Mark Baxter
Call Number: MT820 .B285 1990

ISBN: 0793502861

Publication Date: 1990-12-01
The Singer's and Actor's Throat: the vocal mechanism of the professional voice user and its care in health and disease by Norman A. Punt
Call Number: MT1821 .P6 1979a

ISBN: 0433264519

Publication Date: 1979-06-01
Singing in Musical Theatre: the training of singers and actors by Joan Melton
ISBN: 9781581156416

Publication Date: 2007-01-01

eBook
Thank You Very Much: the little guide to auditioning for the musical theater by Stuart Ostrow
Call Number: MT956.O88 L5 2002

ISBN: 9781575253015

Publication Date: 2002-03-01
Voice Training for the Musical Theater Singer by Susan D. Boardman
Call Number: MT820 .B56 1989

Publication Date: 1987

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