Library Resources for Singers Coaches and Accompanists

Designed to aid the student librarian teacher or professional singer this annotated bibliography provides access to more than 500 books journals and electronic resources. Included as well are chapters listing dictionaries and encyclopedias for opera and musical theater biographical sources guides to vocal literature and repertoire and resources for vocal pedagogy and for the stage. Equally helpful are sources that list plots and synopses translations diction travel and education.Providing ready access to a variety of topics and resources necessary for vocal study this important reference will introduce music students to reliable essential sources for their study assist teachers and coaches in finding reference tools and assist reference librarians in locating sources for patrons. The alphabetical organization within subject makes this reference easy to understand and easy to access. Three indexes allow for convenient cross-referencing.