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Subject Bibliography: Vocal Translations
Collections of
Texts in Various Languages | Individual
Composers | Electronic Resources
Finding adequate English translations of sung texts
is very important for singers, accompanists and conductors. The Music
Library has many resources that can help find good translations to
foreign song texts and librettos. Most printed resources can be found
in the library stacks under the classification ML48 through ML54.6.
Occasionally, musical sound recordings are accompanied by printed
texts and translations that may be useful. Musical scores may also
contain translations. Below is a selected list of resources available
in the SMSU libraries.
Coffin, Berton, Werner Singer and Pierre Delattre. Word-by word
Translations of Songs and Arias. NY: Scarecrow, 1966. STACKS: ML54.6
.C7 W7 (Kept behind circulation desk.) 2 Parts- I German and French;
II Italian.
Miller, Philip. The Ring of Words: an anthology of song texts. NY:
W.W. Norton, 1973. STACKS: ML54.6 .M5 R5 1973. Includes texts in
French, German, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian and Spanish.
Kimball, Carol. Song: a guide to style and literature.
Seattle: PstÉ,Inc., 1996. STACKS: ML102 .S6 K55x 1996.
While not a direct source for translations, it provides synopses
for many song texts in foreign languages as well as bibliographies
for resources on the vocal music of several composers. It is
a good source for information on performance issues for vocalists.
Phillips, Lois. Lieder Line by Line. Revised ed. Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1996. REFERENCE: ML54.6 .P55 L5 1996. Literal and contextual
translations of lieder by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner,
Brahms, Wolf, Mahler and Strauss.
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich. The Fischer-Dieskau
Book of Lieder: the original texts of over 750 songsÉwith
English translations. NY: Limelight, 1984. PT1160 .E6 F5 1984
(**Meyer Library)
Miller, Philip Lieson. German Lieder. NY: Continuum, 1990. REFERENCE:
ML54.6 .G275 1990.
LeVan, Timothy. Masters of the French Art Song; translations of
the complete songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Faure and Ravel.
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1991. REFERENCE: ML54.6 .M33 1991.
LeVan, Timothy. Masters of the Italian Art Song: word-by-word and
phonetic translations of the complete songs for voice and piano.
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990. STACKS: ML54.6 .M34 1990. Includes
Bellini, Donaudy, Donizetti, Puccini, Rossini, Tosti, Verdi.
Sobrer, Josep Miquel and Edmon Colomer. The SingerÕs
Anthology of 20th Century Spanish Songs. NY: Pelion Press, 1987.
STACKS: ML54.6 .S563x 1987.
Unger, Melvin P. Handbook of Bach's Sacred Cantata
Texts: an interlinear translation with reference guide to biblical
quotations and allusions. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996. REFERENCE:
ML54 .B15 C329 1996.
Rohinsky, Marie-Claire. The Singer's Debussy. NY: Pelion
Press, 1987. STACKS: ML54.6 .D42 R62 1987
Challis, Natalia. The Singer's Rachmaninoff. NY: Pelion
Press, 1989. STACKS: ML54.6 .R18 C53x 1989.
Magner, Candace A. Phonetic Readings of Schubert Lieder. Metuchen,
NJ: Scarecrow, 1994. REFERENCE: MT883 .M25 1994.
Reinhard, Thilo. The Singer's Schumann. NY: Pelion
Press, 1989. STACKS: ML54.6 .S4 R413 1989.
Several web-based databases exist for the dissemination of texts
and translations of songs, operas and various other classical, popular
and ethnic music.
Systran
This
page will translate sentences and phrases into English, German,
French, Italian, etc. from a variety of languages.
Latin Dictionary
The Virtual Lyrics Library
Bach Cantatas
An
ongoing project by Jan Koster who plans to provide complete texts
to all of Bach's cantatas.
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