Finding Translations of Vocal Works in Books

By language: French German Italian Latin Russian Spanish

By composer: Bach Brahms Debussy Rachmaninoff Schubert Schumann Schütz Strauss Tchaikovsky Wolf

BY LANGUAGE

Erbelding, Dietrich. Translations of 106 French Poems Set to Music by French Composers. 1990.

Johnson, Graham. A French Song Companion. Oxford University Press, 2000.
ML 54.6 J76 F74 2000

LeVan, Timothy. Masters of the French Art Song: Translations of the Complete Songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré & Ravel. Scarecrow Press, c1991.
ML54.6 M33 1991

Miller, Philip L. The Ring of Words: An Anthology of Song Texts. W. W. Norton, 1973. (Includes German, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish.)
ML 54.6 M5 R5 1973.

Coffin, Berton, Werner Singer, & Pierre Delattre. Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and Arias. Part I: German and French. Scarecrow Press, 1966-72.
Music Resources Reference ML 54.6 W65 v. 1.

Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich. The Fischer-Dieskau Book of Lieder: The Original Texts of Over 750 Songs and fifty songs / chosen and introduced by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ; with English translations by George Bird and Richard Stokes. -- 4th Limelight ed. -- New York : Limelight Editions, 1998, 1995.
M 1734 T413 1998

Glass, Beaumont. Selected song texts of great German lieder : in one volume : 251 selected lieder texts including many of the most famous songs of Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf, and Richard Strauss Leyerle Pub., 2004.
Music Resources Reference ML54.6 .G53 2004

Kirchberger, Frederic. Sing them in English! [translations] by Frederic Kirchberger. Scarecrow Press, 1993.
M1619 .S58 1993

Miller, Philip L. The Ring of Words: An Anthology of Song Texts. W.W. Norton, 1973. (Includes German, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish.)
ML 54.6 M5 R5 1973

Miller, Philip Lieson. German Lieder. Continuum, 1990.
ML 54.6 G275 1990

Phillips, Lois. Lieder line by line, and word for word -- Rev. ed. -- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
ML 54.6 P55 L5 1996

Prawer, S.S. The Penguin Book of Lieder. 1964.

LeVan, Timothy. Masters of the Italian Art Song: Word-by-Word and Poetic Translations of the Complete Songs for Voice and Piano. Scarecrow Press, 1990. (Includes: Bellini, Donaudy, Donizetti, Puccini, Rossini, Tosti, Verdi).
ML 54.6 M34 1990

Liebling, Estelle. The Aria, Renaissance and Baroque. 1963.

Based on Arie antiche.

Miller, Philip L. The Ring of Words: An Anthology of Song Texts. W. W. Norton, 1973. (Includes German, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish.)
ML 54.6 M5 R5 1973

Richardson, Dorothy, & Tina Ruta. Arie antiche. Paraclete Press, 1990.
ML 54.6 A75 1990

Schoep, Arthur, & Daniel Harris. Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and Arias. Part II: Italian. Scarecrow Press, 1972.
Music Resources Reference ML 54.6 W85 v.2

Piatak, Jean, & Regina Avrashov. Russian Songs & Arias: Phonetic Readings, Word-by-Word Translations, and a Concise Guide to Russian Diction. Pst...Inc., 1991.
MT 883 P53 1991

Miller, Philip L. The Ring of Words: An Anthology of Song Texts. W. W. Norton, 1973. (Includes German, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish.)
ML 54.6 M5 R5 1973.

Sobrer, Josep Miquel, & Edmon Colomer. The Singer's Anthology of 20th Century Spanish Songs. Pelion Press, 1987.
ML 2847 S55 1987

BY COMPOSER

Drinker, Henry S. Texts of the Choral Works of Johann Sebastian Bach in English Translation, 4 vols. including index and concordance. Printed privately and distributed by the Association of American Colleges Arts Program, 1942-43.
ML 410 B13 D7 v.1-4

Drinker, Henry S. Texte zu den Kantaten, Motetten, Messen, Passionen und Oratorien von Johann Sebastian Bach. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1986.
ML 47 B215 1986

Stark, Lucien. Brahms's vocal duets and quartets with piano : a guide with full texts and translations. Indiana University Press, 1999.
MT 115.B73 S7 1998

Drinker, Henry S. Texts of the Vocal Works of Johannes Brahms in English Translation. Printed privately and distributed by the Association of American Colleges Arts Program, 1945.
ML 49 B65

Rohinsky, Marie-Claire. The Singer's Debussy. Pelion Press, 1987.
ML 54.6 D42 R62 1987

See also French translations.

Garran, Robert Randoph. Schubert and Schumann: Songs and Translations. 1946.

Minchin, Leslie. More Schubert in English: Singing Translations: A Collection of 80 New Song Texts. 1988.

Reed, John. The Schubert Song Companion. Manchester University Press, 1985.
ML 410 S3 R265. 1985b

Schubert, Franz. Schubert's complete song texts. Leyerle Pub., 1996.
Music Resources Reference ML54.6 .S39 G515 1996

Wigmore, Richard. Schubert : the complete song texts / with a foreword by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. -- London : Gollancz, 1988.
PT 1160 E6 S38 1988

Garran, Robert Randolph. Schubert and Schumann: Songs and Translations. 1946.

Reinhard, Thilo. The Singer's Schumann. Pelion Press, 1989.
ML 54.6 S4 R413 1989