Sacred Vocal Music: A Starting Guide
Part I: Where to Find Sacred Vocal Music Materials in the UNLV Music Library
Chant (Plain, Gregorian, etc.): MT860
Choral:
- Chorus with piano accompaniment: M2060-2101.5
- Men's Chorus with orchestral accompaniment: M2029-2032
- Women's Chorus with orchestral accompaniment: M2033-2036
Duets, trios, etc. with orchestral accompaniment: M2018-2019.5
Liturgical music: M2014.5-2017.6
Masses: M2010-2014
Miscellaneous collections: M1999
Oratorios: M2000-2007>
Songs:
- with Orchestra (including Cantatas, Solo Arias, etc.): M2102-2108
- with Piano: M2110-2114
Part II: Representative Subject Headings for Sacred Vocal Music
Part III: Useful Sources
Books
Dickinson, Edward.
Music in the History of the Western Church.
New York, Greenwood Press, 1969.
Lied Book Stacks ML3000 .D65 1969
Jeffers, Ron.
Translations and Annotations of Choral Repertoire.
Corvallis, Or.: Earthsongs, 1989.
Lied Book Stacks BV186.5 .J43x 1989
Orr, N. Lee.
Choral Music in Nineteenth-Century America: A Guide to the Sources. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Music Ref. ML128.C48 O77 1999
Sharp, Avery T.
Choral Music: A Research and Information Guide.
New York: Routledge, 2002.
Music Ref. ML128.C48 S53 2002
Smither, Howard E.
A History of the Oratorio.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1977.
UNLV Books Stacks ML3201 .S6
Part IV: Periodicals
American Choral Review.
Lied Periodicals ML 1 .A36
The Choral Journal.
Lied Periodicals ML 1 .C656
Early Music.
Lied Periodicals ML5 .E18
Internet Access:
Academic Search Premier,
JSTOR,
Oxford Journals Online
Journal of Singing.
Formerly titled:
The NATS Journal, The NATS Bulletin, Bulletin.
Lied Periodicals ML27.U5 N2652
Pastoral Music.
Lied Periodicals ML1 .P1057
Teaching Music.
Lied Periodicals MT 1 .T35
Internet Access:
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