Vocal Collection Highlights

Here you will find a selection and some highlights of the State Library's resources for voice.

Scores

Refer to the Voice page to find an overview of the collection and how to search for songs and arias.

E-Resources

There are a number of music electronic resources in which to find material on the voice, singing, songs and related topics.

Books

Popular music
Contains an index to lyricists and composers, important performances, awards and a chronological index.

American song: the complete musical theatre companion
Contains entries for over 4,800 American musicals from 1877 to 1995. Includes when and where the show opened, those responsible artistically and the names of all songs in the original production.

Hollywood song : the complete film & musical companion
As part of the American song series, these volumes do for the film song repertoire what the above volumes do for the musical. They cover over 7,000 American and foreign films.

Singer's repertoire
Each volume lists repertoire for a particular classical voice type. Works are listed by type - recital, operatic arias, song cycles, solo cantatas, and songs for specific occasions.

Lieder line by line, and word for word
This book contains translations for the best-known songs of the great lieder composers. Each song has a literal word for word translation as well as a clear English prose version.

A dictionary of opera and song themes
A thematic guide to over 8,000 melodies in operas, operettas, oratorios, cantatas, lieder, art song and standard classical vocal repertoire.

Complete handbook of voice training
A standard reference tool for teachers, therapists and choral directors, this book is recommended continually in literature on vocal technique and health.

Journals

Australian voice
The official journal of the Australian National Association of Singing Teachers provides a medium for articles and research papers on all aspects of the singing voice and vocal teaching. Includes reviews of sheet music, recordings and texts.

The singer
Covers all genres of singing from Inuit throat singing to opera. Includes event and competition news, profiles, record and music reviews as well as health matters.

Voice moves
The newsletter of Voice Moves WA (Inc) is a good newsy guide to all things choral in Western Australia. Reviews of events and concerts are complemented by a very thorough choir contact list.