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Vocal music

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BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff: Information about the biennial competition, which was first held in 1983 as the Cardiff Singer of the World, but is now called the BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff. Provides a history and guide to the competition, with details about the past winners, jury, prizes, orchestras, conductors and accompanists. The 'education project' section promotes ways of using music across the curriculum.
Author: BBC
Subjects: vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: documents
Brief History of Singing: Essay following the development of singing from antiquity, through to the development of opera, modernism and the present day.
Author: Koopman, John
Subjects: opera, vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: essay
British Choirs on the Net: Annotated list of choirs throughout the UK which have web sites.
Author: Cuff, Rod
Subjects: vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: index
Choir and Organ: Magazine about organ and choral music. Includes selected articles, online ordering and subscription information.
Author: Orpheus Publications
Subjects: vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: magazine
ChoralNet: Hosted by the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM), ChoralNet is a US-based gateway to online resources for the choral music community worldwide. Available in English, French, German and Spanish, it operates three mailing lists (Choralist, ChoralAcademe and ChoralTalk), as well as newsgroups and forums and includes resources and links to resources covering repertoire, rehearsal techniques, performance, Church music, education, music theory, musicology, copyright law and opera.
Author: ChoralNet
Subjects: vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: directory
European Carols: Medieval, Renaissance, and Traditional: Series of MIDI files presenting Tempus Adest Floridum, Coventry Carol, Dulci Jubilo, Veni, Veni Emanuel, Greensleeves, and The Holly and the Ivy.
Author: Clark, Curtis
Subjects: church music, early music, renaissance music, vocal music
DeweyClass: 780.9031
Resource type: sound collection
Great SongWriting: Basic articles on popular song structures including melodies, verse, chorus, bridges, and hooks. Offers tips on writing lyrics, mistakes to avoid and recommendations on song writing software.
Author: Cowell, John
Subjects: popular music, vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: articles
Hebrew Songs: Directory of the psalms and lyrics to Hebrew songs including those traditionally sung at Jewish festivals, translated into English. Sound clips and links to Israeli singers and musicians also feature.
Author: Jewish Australia Online Network
Subjects: hebrew, judaism, vocal music
DeweyClass: 780.268
Resource type: directory, sounds
Heigh! Nonny Nonny!: Heigh! Nonny Nonny! is a database of British song including over 6,000 song cycles, sets, albums, collections and individual songs, representing a body of song literature from the end of the 16th century to the present. Searchable by composer, title or keyword, tempo or key, voice/range, and instrument.
Author: Hoffer, Warren
Subjects: vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: directory
John Wesley: A Collection of Hymns: The 1889 edition of the Methodist hymn book containing the words to over 1000 hymns, arranged by title index, theme and original prefaces.
Author: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Wheaton College
Subjects: church music, vocal music
DeweyClass: 781.7
Resource type: documents
Kurt Weill Foundation: Articles and resources on the lives and works of German theatre composer Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, the actress and singer who became his wife. Offers biographies, audio files, order forms for CDs and DVDs, and a newsletter and information about the holdings of the Weill-Lenya Research Center in New York.
Author: Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
Subjects: composers, theatre studies, vocal music
DeweyClass: 780.92
Resource type: biographies, sound
Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers: Free music resources for ladies barbershop singing, including the magazine Voicebox. Also provides details of the history and background of female barbershop singing.
Author: LABBS
Subjects: vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: service
Lied and Song Texts: Extensive archive of texts to Kunstlieder and other art songs in over 12 languages including Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Russian. Searchable by composer, poet, first line or titles.
Author: Ezust, Emily
Subjects: vocal music
DeweyClass: 783
Resource type: documents
Lift Every Voice: Music in American Life: Online version of an exhibition that was held at the University of Virginia Music Library between September 2001 and February 2002, which celebrated the hymns, spirituals and ballads that inspired African Americans to persist in their struggle for equal rights. Includes sections on patriotic odes, minstrels and musicals, protest songs, and Virginiana.
Author: Prendergast, Mary
Subjects: vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: guide, sound
National Anthems Online: Free to download full scores and instrumental parts with suggested vocal parts, for a wide selection of National Anthems. Aimed at travelling school bands, the resource also provides a brief history of each anthem.
Author: Kirkpatrick, Colin
Subjects: national anthems, vocal music
DeweyClass: 782.421599
Resource type: documents
Pre-1600s Ballads: Project aiming to produce a collection of ballads from before 1600, containing sheet music and lyrics, both in their original form, and in a form intelligible to a modern listener.
Author: Lindahl, Greg
Subjects: early music, vocal music
DeweyClass: 780.901
Resource type: documents
Singer's Guide to Bibliographic Resources for Medieval and Renaissance Music: Selective bibliography intended for singers interested in medieval and Renaissance music and its philosophy, theory and history.
Author: Thomas, Kirsti S. & Mendes, Esther
Subjects: early music, renaissance music, vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: bibliography
Sixteen Canzonets by Thomas Morley: MIDI recordings of part songs by Thomas Morley (1557-1602).
Author: Ralph, Randy D.
Subjects: british composers, renaissance music, vocal music
DeweyClass: 780.92
Resource type: sound collection
The Silvis Woodshed: Collection of over 700 MIDI files intended to help singers learn music parts. Includes choral works by Bach, Bortnyansky, Mendelssohn, Poulenc and Vaughan Williams.
Author: Silvis, George
Subjects: vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: sound collection
Vocalist: Provides information on all aspects of singing, including free online singing lessons and articles for vocalists related to singing and getting into the music industry.
Author: Vocalist.org
Subjects: vocal music
DeweyClass: 782
Resource type: service
West Gallery Music: Scholarly information on gallery music, the music sung by church and chapel bands in the 1700s and early 1800s, also known as west gallery music, Georgian psalmody and country psalmody. Contains articles, transcriptions and scanned images of material from the gallery music period and original scores and transcriptions that can be printed out.
Author: Glover, Sue
Subjects: early music, vocal music
DeweyClass: 781.7
Resource type: articles
Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Index of music resources available on the web. The site includes listings of links about musicians, groups, composers, types of music, journals, research, and performance.
Author: William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University
Subjects: music news, vocal music, world music
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: index