Voice Performance
Online Translation Resources
- IPA SourceIPA and literal translations of songs and arias
- LiederNet Archivea free site, with translations provided by volunteers
Translations in the IC Library
- Word-by-word translations of songs and arias byCall Number: MusicRef ML54.6 W65Volume 1: German and French texts
Volume 2: Italian texts
Offers word by word as well as poetic translations. - The ring of words : an anthology of song texts byCall Number: MusicRef ML54.6 M5 R5Offers poetic translations of German, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish songs.
- French song companion byCall Number: MusicRef ML54.6.J76 F74 2002Poetic translations of and essays on French songs, primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Masters of the French art song byCall Number: MusicRef ML54.6 M33 1991Offers translations of the complete songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Faure, & Ravel. Word by word and poetic translations.
- Fischer-Dieskau book of lieder: the original texts of over seven hundred and fifty songs byCall Number: MusicRef ML54.6 .F57 1977Poetic translations of German lieder.
- Franz Schubert : the complete songs byCall Number: MusicRef ML410.S3 J64 2014Includes vocal texts with English translations.
- Lieder line by line, and word for word byCall Number: MusicRef ML54.6.P55 L5 1996Word by word and poetic translations of lieder by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, and Strauss.
- Schubert's complete song texts byCall Number: MusicRef ML54.6.S39 G5Word by word, poetic and phonetic translations of Schubert songs.
- Singer's Schumann byCall Number: ML54.6.S4 R413 1988Word by word, poetic and phonetic translations of Schumann songs.
- Masters of the Italian art song byCall Number: MusicRef ML54.6 M34 1990Offers translations of the complete songs of Bellini, Donaudy, Donizetti, Puccini, Rossini, Tosti, and Verdi. Word by word as well as poetic translations.
- The singer's Rachmaninoff byCall Number: ML54.6.R18 S52 1989Word by word, poetic and phonetic translations of Rachmaninoff's songs.
- The Spanish song companion byCall Number: MusicRef ML2547 .C63 1992Poetic translations for Spanish song from the 13th century to the present day.
- The singer's anthology of 20th century Spanish songs byCall Number: MusicRef ML54.6 S563Word by word, poetic and phonetic translations of 20th century Spanish and Catalan songs.
- Complete Verdi libretti byCall Number: MusicRef ML49.V45 C372 1994Word by word, and IPA translations
- Four Strauss opera libretti byCall Number: MusicRef ML49.S87 C3 2002Word by word, and IPA translations
- German miscellaneous opera libretti byCall Number: MusicRef ML48.C37 G47 2005Word by word, and IPA translations
- Gluck & Monteverdi opera libretti byCall Number: MusicRef ML48.C37 G58 2008Word by word, and IPA translations
- Italian belcanto opera libretti byCall Number: MusicRef ML48.C37 I8 2000Word by word, and IPA translations
- Italian verismo opera libretti byCall Number: MusicRef ML48.C37 I9Word by word, and IPA translations
