Song Reference Sources

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Template:Subst : Proposed deletion Song Reference Sources UBC Catalogue Online records for some song collections at UBC have been given a contents note which lists the songs and composer (if known). Do a keyword search in the catalogue to find out if the song is listed in one of our collections e.g. Pergolesi and notte not sound.

General and Art Songs Ref. ML128.S3D37

  • De Charms, Desirée, and Paul F. Breed. Songs in Collections: An Index. xxix + 588 pp. Detroit, Mich.: Information Services, Inc., 1966.

Ref. ML128.S3E8 Espina, Noni. Repertoire for the solo voice: a fully annotated guide to works for the solo Voice Published in Modern Editions and Covering Material from the 13th century to the Present. 2 vols. 1,290 pp. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1977.

Ref. ML128.S3G64 1984 Goleeke, Thomas. Literature for Voice: An Index of Songs in Collections and Source Book for Teachers of Singing. 223 pp. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1984.

Ref. ML128.S3H4 1975 Ref. ML128.S3H4 Suppl. 1975 Ref. ML128.S3H4 Suppl. 1984 Ref. ML128.S3H4 Suppl. 1989

  • Havlice, Patricia. Popular Song Index. 993 pp. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1975.

Ref. ML128.S3L45 Leigh, Robert. Index to Song Books; A Title Index to Over 11,000 Copies of Almost 6,900 Songs in 111 Song Books Published between 1933 and 1962. 273 pp. Stockton, Calif.: Robert Leigh, 1964.

Ref. ML128.S3L665 1998

  • Luchinsky, Ellen. The Song Index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. 2 vols. New York: Garland Pub., 1998.

Ref. ML128.S3S31 Ref. ML128.S3S31 Suppl. 1934 Sears, Minnie E. Song Index: An Index to More than 12,000 Songs in 177 Song Collections. 650 pp. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1926.

Supplement: An Index to More than 7,000 Songs in 104 Collections was published in 1934, 366 pp.

Ref. AW5.U85 1990

  • UTK Song Index: Scores. 4th ed. 70 microfiches and accompanying booklet. Knoxville, Tenn.: Music Library, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries, 1990. Also available online at: http://www.lib.utk.edu:90/~music/songwizard/


Broadway, Theater, etc. Ref. ML128.S3L5 Lewine, Richard, and Alfred Simon. Songs of the Theater. 897 pp. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1984.

Ref. ML128.S3L5 Lewine, Richard. Encyclopedia of Theatre Music; a comprehensive Listing of More Than 4,000 Songs from Broadway and Hollywood, 1900-1960. 248 pp. New York; Random House, 1961.

Ref. ML128.S3L53 1973 Lewine, Richard. Songs of the American Theatre: a comprehensive listing of more than 12,000 songs, including selected titles from film and television productions. 820 pp. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1973.   Children’s Songs Ref. ML128.S3C9 Cushing, Helen Grant. Children’s song index. 798 pp. New York : H.W. Wilson, 1936.

Ref. ML128.S3P48 1979 Peterson, Carolyn Sue, and Ann D. Fenton. Index to Children’s songs; A Title, First Line, and Subject Index. 318 pp. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1979. Folk Songs

Ref. ML128.F75B83 1981

  • Brunnings, Florence E. Folk Song Index: A comprehensive Guide to the Florence E. Brunnings Collection. Lxxxi + 357 pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1981. (Garland reference library of the humanities, 252)

Instrumental Accompaniment Ref. ML128.V7D86 1985 Dunlap, Kay, and Barbara Winchester. Vocal Chamber Music: A Catalog. 140 pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985. (Garland reference library of the humanities, 465)

Ref. ML128.S3.H639 1969 Hoiness, Donald. List of Solo Vocal Literature in English with Instrumental Accompaniment. 11 l. [S.n.]: National Association of Teachers of Singing, 1969.

Ref. ML128.S3K55 1994 Klaus, Kenneth S. Chamber Music for Solo Voice and Instruments, 1960-1989:An Annotated Guide. 222 pp. Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1994. (Fallen Leaf reference books in music, 29)

American Ref. ML128.S3C54 Chipman, John H. Index to Top-Hit Tunes (1900-1950). 249 pp. Boston, Mass.: Bruce Humphries, 1962.

Ref. ML128.S3E9 1966 Ewen, David. American Popular Songs: From the Revolutionary War to the Present. 507 pp. New York : Random House, 1966.

Ref. ML128.S3F47 1995 Ferguson, Gary Lynn. Song finder: a Title Index to 32,000 Popular Songs in Collections, 1854-1992. 344 pp. Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 1995. (Music reference collection, no. 46)

Ref. ML128.S3L43 1989 Lax, Roger, and Frederick Smith. The Great Song Thesaurus. 2nd ed., updated and expanded. 774 pp. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.

British Ref. ML128.S3L43 1989 Lax, Roger, and Frederick Smith. The Great Song Thesaurus. 2nd ed., updated and expanded. 774 pp. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

German Ref. ML128.S3S66 1995 Ref. ML128.S3S66 1995 Suppl. Snyder, Lawrence D. German Poetry in song: An Index of Lieder. 730 pp. Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1995. (Fallen Leaf reference books in music, 30)

Snyder, Lawrence D. Index of Composers’ Titles: Supplement to German Poetry in Song: An Index of Lieder. 197 pp. Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1995