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General Song Translations
Some of these resources are located in the Music Library's reference section, and can only be used within the library. Click on the title to check the location and availability.
- IPA SourceOnline library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts.
- Ring of words; anthology of song texts byCall Number: Music Ref ML 54.6 .M5 R5 1973
- Masters of the French art song : translations of the complete songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Faure & Ravel byCall Number: Music Ref ML54.6.M33 1991
- Russian songs & arias : phonetic readings, word-by-word translations, and a concise guide to Russian diction byCall Number: Music Ref MT883 .P54 1991
- Penguin Book of Lieder byCall Number: Music Ref ML 54.6 .P75 P5
- The Fischer-Dieskau book of Lieder byCall Number: Music Ref ML54.6.F513
- German Lieder byCall Number: Music Ref ML54.6.G275 1990
- Lieder line by line and word for word byCall Number: Music Ref ML54.6.P55 L5 1996
- Word by word translations of songs and arias byCall Number: Music Ref ML 54.6 .C7 W7Part one includes German translations; part two includes Italian translations.
Song Translations for Specific Composers
Below are examples of song translations and transcriptions for specific composers. To browse others, try a subject search on "Songs -- texts."
- Forty-five songs of Edvard Grieg byCall Number: M1620.G84 E5 1988
- The singer's Debussy byCall Number: Music Ref ML54.6.D42R62 1987
- Mussorgsky's complete song texts : Russian texts of the complete songs of Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky byCall Number: Music Ref ML54.6.M9 R6
Rachmaninoff's Complete Songs by Call Number: ML54.6.R18 S95 2014- The Singer's Rachmaninoff byCall Number: Music Ref ML 54.6 .R18 S52 1989
- Rachmaninov's complete song texts : Russian texts of the complete songs of Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninov byCall Number: Music Ref ML54.6.R119 R4 2000
- Schubert: The complete song texts: texts of the lieder and Italian songs byCall Number: Music Ref ML 54.6 .S39 W53 1988
- The Singer's Schumann byCall Number: Music Ref ML 54.6 .S4 R413 1989
- Tchaikovsky's complete songs : a companion with texts and translations byCall Number: Music Ref ML54.6.T24 S9 2002
- Hugo Wolf's complete song texts : in one volume containing all completed solo songs including those not published during the composer's lifetime byCall Number: Music Ref ML54.6.W853 G52 2000
