« July 2006 | Main | September 2006 »

August 08, 2006

Student's Guide to College Music Programs

collegemusic.jpgKikta, Thomas. Student's Guide to College Music Programs.
     Needham, MA: Larkin Publications, 2004.

Ref. ML13.S78 2004

A handy reference guide for more than 1,300 college music programs throughout the country. Includes some short articles on being a freshman, financial aid, musical vocations, conservatory versus College of Music, and about auditioning for college programs. The main part of this book is divided by state and gives information about the state then the contact information for the music programs in that state.

Posted by Connie Steigenga at 07:45 AM

August 07, 2006

Lied and Art Song Texts Page

medievalsong.jpgEzust, Emily. The Lied and Art Song Texts Page. 1995-2004.
     http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/


Looking for the word to art songs? This site provides indexes by composers, poets, languages, first lines, titles, song cycles, art song texts, songs in English or in English translation. "The Lied and Art Song Texts Page is an archive of 18,197 texts used in Lieder and other classical Art Songs (Kunstlieder, Mélodies, Canzoni, Romansy, Canciones, Liederen, Canções, Sånger, Laulua, etc.) as well as in many choral works and other types of classical vocal pieces. The collection currently includes 28,667 settings and 4,036 translations to English, Italian, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, and other languages."

Posted by Connie Steigenga at 07:45 AM