Thomas Gorton Music & Dance Library
University of Kansas 

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Selected Resources, with Locations 

Periodicals
Current issues are housed on Gorton Music & Dance Library's Current Music Periodicals section.

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From Don to Giovanni. Available in Gorton Music & Dance Library, CD-ROM workstations.

Drone, Jeanette Marie. Index to opera, operetta, and musical comedy in collections and periodicals. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1978. (Ref. ML128 .O4 D76)

_____. Musical theater synopses: an index. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998. (Ref. ML128 .O4 D76 Suppl.)

Dunlap, Kay and Barbara Winchester. Vocal chamber music: a performer's guide. New York: Garland, 1985. (Ref. ML128 .V7 D86 1985)

Choral music
Daugherty, F. Mark and Susan H. Simon. Secular choral music in print. 2d ed. Philadelphia: Musicdata, 1987-96. (Ref. ML128 .V7 D3 1987 [& Suppl. 1, 2, 3])

Sacred choral music in print: master index 1992. Philadelphia: Musicdata, 1985. (Ref. ML128 .V7 E78 1985 index)

Hymns
Diehl, Katharine Smith. Hymns and tunes: an index. New York: Scarecrow, 1966. (Ref. BV305 .D5 1966)

Julian, John. A dictionary of hymnology: setting forth the origin and history of Christian hymns of all ages and nations. New York: Dover, 1957. (Ref. BV305 .J8 1957)

Wasson, D. DeWitt. Hymntune index and related hymn materials. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998. (Ref. ML3186 .W2 1998)

Musicals
Bloom, Ken. American song: the complete musical theatre companion. 2d ed., 1877-1995. New York: Schirmer Books, 1996. (Ref. ML128 .M78 B6 1996)

Lynch, Richard Chigley. Musicals!: a complete selection guide for local productions. 2d ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1994. (Ref. ML19 .L9 1994)

Opera
Bourne, Joyce. Who's who in opera: a guide to opera characters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. (Ref. ML102 .O6 B68 1998)

Griffel, Margaret Ross. Operas in English: a dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. (Ref. ML102 .O6 G74 1999)

Harewood, George Henry Hubert Lasceles, Earl of, and Antony Peattie, eds. The new Kobbé's opera book. 11th ed. New York: G.P. Putnam's Songs, 1997. (Ref. MT95 .K52 1997)

Kuhn, Laura, ed. Baker's dictionary of opera. New York: Schirmer Books, 2000. (Ref. ML102 .O6 B26 2000)

Parsons, Charles H. Mellen opera reference index. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1986-  . (Ref. ML102 .O6 P25 1986 vol. 1-  ) 

Sadie, Stanley. New Grove dictionary of opera. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1992. (Ref. ML102 .O6 N5 1992)

Songs and Singers
McDonald, Mary M. Career guide for singers. New York: Opera America, 1992-. (ML12 .C37 [latest issue in Ref.])

Classical vocal music in print: master index 1995. Philadelphia: Musicdata, 1995. (Ref. ML128 .V7 N3352 1995)

Coffin, Berton. Singer's repertoire. 2d ed. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1960-62. (Ref. ML128 .V7 C67 1960)

De Charms, Desiree and Paul F. Breed. Songs in collections: an index. Detroit: Information Service, 1966. (Ref. ML128 .S3 D37)

Havlice, Patricia Pate. Popular song index. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1975-89. (Ref. ML128 .S3 H4 [& Suppl 1, 2, 3])

Kutsch, K.J. and Leo Riemens. A concise biographical dictionary of singers: from the beginning of recorded sound to the present. Translated from German, expanded and annotated by Harry Earl Jones. Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co.: 1969. (Ref. ML400 .K9813 1969)

Translations
Coffin, Berton et al. Word-by-word translations of songs and arias. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1966-72. (Ref. ML54.6 .W65)

Phillips, Lois. Lieder line by line, and word for word. Oxford: Cloarendon Press, 1996. (Ref. ML54.6 .P55 L5 1996)

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Compiled by Vic Cardell, 9/11/00

Rev. 4/15/01