English Translations of Texts of Songs, Lieder and Part-Songs In the UNC-CH Music Library:
A Selective List

Songs, Lieder, and Part-Songs

Bernac, Pierre. The interpretation of French song. London: Kahn & Averill, 1997. Ref. MT892.B4 1997

Coffin, Berton. Word-by-word translations of songs and arias. Vol. 1: German and French texts; vol. 2: Italian texts. New York, Scarecrow Press, 1966-72. Ref. ML54.6.C7 W7

English singing translations of foreign language art songs. Compiled by National Association of Teachers of Singing Translation Committee. [United States]: The Association, [1976?]. Ref. ML54.6 .E53

Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich. The Fischer-Dieskau book of lieder: the original texts of over seven hundred and fifty songs, with English translations by George Bird and Richard Stokes. 2nd Limelight ed. New York: Limelight Editions, 1991, c1976. Ref. PT1160.E6 F5 1991

Gerhart, Martha. Italian song texts from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Vol. 1: Italian song texts from the 17th century with I.P.A. transliterations, word-for-word translation, and idiomatic translation. Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerle, 2002. Ref ML54.6.I83 2002 v. 1

German lieder. Edited by Philip Lieson Miller (German library; v. 42). New York: Continuum, 1990. Ref. ML54.6 .G275 1990

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; with International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, world for word translations and commentary. Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyere, 2004. Ref. ML54.6.G53 2004

Harrison, Donna Esselstyn. Poetry in song literature: a handbook for students of singing. Sister Bay, Wis.: Wm. Caxton, c1989. Ref. ML54.6 .H32 1989

LeVan, Timothy. Masters of the French art song: translations of the complete songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré & Ravel. 1st paperback ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001, c1991. Ref. ML54.6 .M33 2001

________. Masters of the Italian art song: word-by-word and poetic translations of the complete songs for voice and piano. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990. Ref. ML54.6 .M34 1990

Phillips, Lois. Lieder line by line and word for word. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Ref. ML54.6.P55 L5 1996

Piatak, Jean. Russian songs & arias: phonetic readings, word-by-word translations, and a concise guide to Russian diction. Dallas, Tex.: Pst...Inc., 1991. Ref. ML54.6.P57 R8 1991

Pollen, John, tr. Russian songs and lyrics: being faithful translations of selections from some of the best Russian poets, Pushkin, Lermontof, Nadson, Nekrasov, Tolstoi, Tyoutchev, Maikov Lebedev, Fet, K. R., Klushnikov, Anatole, Kremlev, Myatlev, etc. Boston: Longwood Press, 1977. Davis PG3237.E5 P6 1977

The Ring of words: an anthology of song texts. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1966. Ref. ML54.6 .R56 1966

The Spanish song companion, devised and translated by Jacqueline Cockburn and Richard Stokes, with an introduction and notes by Graham Johnson. London: Victor Gollancz, 1992. Ref. ML54.6 .S63 1992

Stein, Deborah J. Poetry into song: performance and analysis of lieder. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Stacks MT120 .S74 1996

Whicher, George F. The Goliard poets: medieval Latin songs and satires with verse translation. [Cambridge, Mass.: University Press, 1949]. Davis PA8065.S8 G65

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