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Appelman, D. Ralph. The Science of Vocal Pedagogy: Theory and Application . Indiana University Press, 1967. Bacon, Richard Mackenzie. Elements of Vocal Science: Being a Philosophical Enquiry into Some of the Principles of Singing . Pro Musica Press, 1966. [Original text from 1824]
Brodnitz, Friedrich. Vocal Rehabilitation: A Manual Prepared for the Use of Graduates in Medicine . American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, 1959. Cornell, J. H. The Theory and Practice of Musical Form: On the Basis of Ludwig Bussler's "Musikalische Formenlehre" . Schirmer, 1883. Duprez, Gilbert. L'art du Chant . Paris: Heugel, 1845-1853. [From the collection of Florence Lee Holtzman]
Errolle, Ralph. Italian Diction for Singers: A Treatment of Methods and Means of Pronouncing Italian Correctly in Singing According to Phonetic Principles and with Special Attention to the Necessary Difference between Spoken Sounds and Those That Are Sung . Third edition. Pruett Press, 1963. [Also an advance copy of the second edition]Foreman, Edward, ed. The Porpora Tradition . Masterworks on Singing, vol. 3. Pro Musica Press, 1968. [Facsimiles of Domenico Corri's The Singers Preceptor (1810) and the second edition of Isaac Nathan's Musurgia Vocalis (1836)]
García, Manuel. École de Garcia: Traite Complet de L'art du Chant en Deux Parties . Paris: Heugel, 1911 . [Inscribed to Vennard by Florence Lee Holtzman]Gilliland, Dale. Guidance in Voice Education . Typographic Printing Co., 1970.
Lawson, James. Full-throated Ease: A Concise Guide to Easy Singing . Western Music Company, 1955.
Lehmann, Friedrich Johann. Harmonic Analysis . A.G. Comings & Son, 1910. Lissfelt, J. Fred. Basic Principles of Artistic Singing . Schirmer, 1938.
Litante, Judith. Hazards of Learning to Sing . Self-published, 1942.
-----. A Natural Approach to Singing: A Comprehensive Guide to Natural Voice-Development, Musicianship, Interpretation, Repertoire, and Program-Building. W.C. Brown, 1959.
Miller, Frank. Vocal Art-Science . Schirmer, 1922. Meano, Carlo. The Human Voice in Speech and Song. Rev. ed. trans. Adele Khoury. C. C. Thomas, 1967. Myer, Edmund. The Vocal Instructor . Presser, 1918. Robson, Ernest. The Orchestra of the Language . T. Yoseloff, 1959. Ross, William. Secrets of Singing . Indiana University Book Store, 1959. Silvestrini, Domenico. L'insegnamento del Canto Fisiologico: Nuovo Metodo Scientifico e Artistico - Teorico e Pratico con L'ausilio della Cinematografia: per le Scuole Pubbliche e Private. Zanichelli,1940.
Smith, Cecil. Worlds of Music . Lippincott, 1952. Stanley, Douglas. The Science of Voice: An Application of the Laws of Acoustics, Anatomy, Physiology and Psychology to the Problems of Vocal Technic . Fifth edition. Carl Fischer, 1958.
Tarneaud, Jean. Le Chant, Sa Construction, Sa Destruction . Maloine, 1946. Taylor, Bernard. Group Voice: A Systematic Course in Singing for Use in Group Instruction . Schirmer, 1936.
Tetrazzini, Luisa. How to Sing . Presser, 1923.
Van Den Berg, Janwillem. Introduction to the Instructional Film _Voice Production: The Vibrating Larynx_. University of Groningen, 1960.
Wilcox, John. The Living Voice: A Study Guide for Song and Speech . Carl Fischer, 1935.
Adler, Kurt. The Art of Accompanying and Coaching . University of Minnesota Press, 1965. Amman, Johann Conrad. A Dissertation on Speech: In Which Not Only the Human Voice and the Art of Speaking Are Traced from Their Origin, but the Means Are Also Described by Which Those Who Have Been Deaf and Dumb from Their Birth May Acquire Speech, and Those Who Speak Imperfectly May Learn How to Correct Their Impediments . S. Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1873. Benharoche, Maurice. De l'art vocal aux chants de la vie et aux harmonies de l'être: Essai de synthèse des données et des facteurs physiques, physiologiques, psychiques, psychologiques, sociologiques et philosophiques constitutifs de l'art du chant . Biarritz, 1958. [2 volumes]
Bérard, Jean-Antoine. L'Art du Chant. Trans. Sidney Murray. Pro Musica Press, 1969.
Brisbane, Mary. Speech Therapy: Teachers Manual . Denison, 1967.
Craven, Thomas. Modern Art; The Men, the Movements, the Meaning . Simon and Schuster, 1934. Foote, Arthur and Walter Spalding. Modern Harmony in Its Theory and Practice . Arthur P. Schmidt, 1905. Foote, Arthur. Modulation and Related Harmonic Questions. Arthur P. Schmidt, 1919. Helmholtz, Hermann. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music . Second English edition, trans. rev. Alexander Ellis. Dover, 1954. Hollinshead, W. Henry. Textbook of Anatomy. Second edition. Harper & Row, 1967.
Hughes, Rupert. Music Lovers' Cyclopedia . Doubleday, Doran & Co for U.S. School of Music, 1912. Jones, Archie. Music Education in Action: Basic Principles and Practical Methods . Allyn and Bacon, 1960. Klein, Joseph and Ole Schjeide. Singing Technique: How to Avoid Vocal Trouble . D. Van Nostrand, 1967. Lang, Paul Henry. Music in Western Civilization . Norton, 1941. Levin, Nathaniel. Voice and Speech Disorders: Medical Aspects . Charles Thomas, 1962. Luchsinger, Richard and Godfrey Arnold. Lehrbuch der Stimm- und Sprachheilkunde . Springer-Verlag, 1949. -----. Voice, Speech, Language; Clinical Communicology: Its Physiology and Pathology. Wadsworth, 1965. Mancini, Giambattista. Practical Reflections on the Figurative Art of Singing. Ed. trans. Edward Foreman. Masterworks on Singing, vol. 7 Pro Musica Press, 1967. [Compares 1774 and 1777 editions]
Michaelis, Ruth. The German Lied: For All Singers and Music Lovers. Stürtz, 1977. Miller, Frank and Holmes Merton. Miller-Merton Vocal Atlas Designed for Teachers and Students of Singing and Speaking . Merton, 1912.
McClosky, David Blair. Your Voice at Its Best . The Memorial Press, 1967. O'Connell, Charles. The Victor Book of the Symphony: Revised Edition . Simon and Schuster, 1941.
Otterström, Thorvald. A Theory of Modulation: Eine Modulationstheorie . University of Chicago Press, 1935. Piston, Walter. Harmony . Norton, 1941. Schiøtz, Aksel. The Singer and His Art . Harper & Row, 1969. Shemel, Sidney and M. William Krasilovsky. More About This Business of Music . Billboard, 1967. Stevens, Denis. A History of Song. Norton, 1960. Weidig, Adolf. Harmonic Material and Its Uses: A Textbook for Teachers, Students and Music Lovers . Clayton F. Summy, 1923.
Andersen, Arthur Olaf. The First Forty Lessons in Harmony . C.C. Birchard & Company, 1923.
-----. The Second Forty Lessons in Harmony . C.C. Birchard & Company, 1923. Anger, J. Humfrey. Form in Music: With Special Reference to the Bach Fugue and the Beethoven Sonata . Boosey & Hawkes, 1900. Apthorp, William Foster. Musicians and Music-Lovers and Other Essays . C. Scribner's Sons, 1894. Bauer, Marion. Twentieth Century Music: How It Developed, How to Listen to It. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1933. Browne, Lennox and Emil Behnke. Voice, Song and Speech: A Practical Guide for Singers and Speakers from the Combined View of Vocal Surgeon and Voice Trainer . Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., 1887. De Vries, Louis. German-English Science Dictionary for Students in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Agriculture, and Related Sciences . McGraw-Hill, 1946. De Young, Richard. The Singer's Art: An Analysis of Vocal Principles . DePaul University, 1958.
Edwards, F. G. The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah". Novello, 1896. Fields, Victor Alexander. The Singer's Glossary: 450 Vocal Terms Defined . Boston Music Co., 1952.
Greene, Harry Plunket. Interpretation in Song . Macmillan, 1956. Grove, George. Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies . Novello, 1903. Hamilton, Clarence. Outlines of Music History . Ditson, 1924. Hoffnung, Gerard. Der Maestro . Langen/Müller, 1962.
-----. The Hoffnung Music Festival . Mills Music, 1958.
Holland, Arthur Keith. Henry Purcell: The English Musical Tradition . Penguin, 1948.
Kitson, C. H. The Art of Counterpoint . Second ed. Oxford University Press, 1939. Lambert, Constant. Music Ho!: A Study of Music in Decline . Faber and Faber, 1934. Lehmann, Lilli. How to Sing . Macmillan, 1924. Myer, Edmund. Position and Action in Singing: A Study of the True Conditions of Tone: A Solution of Automatic (artistic) Breath Control . Schirmer, 1911.
-----. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art: A Practical Study of Vitality, Vitalized Energy, of the Physical, Mental and Emotional Powers of the Singer, through Flexible, Elastic Bodily Movements . Schirmer, 1902. Nohl, Ludwig. Life of Liszt. Trans. George Upton. A.C. McClurg & Company, 1892. -----. Life of Beethoven . Trans. John Lalor. A.C. McClurg & Company, 1892. Pearce, Charles William. Students' Counterpoint . Schirmer, 1926. Rice, William C. Basic Principles of Singing. Abingdon Press, 1961. Shakespeare, William [1849-1931]. Plain Words on Singing. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924.
Tapper, Thomas. First Year Analysis (Musical Form) . A. P. Schmidt, 1935. -----. First Year Melody Writing . A. P. Schmidt, 1911. Zhao, Meibo. A Guide to Chinese Music . [Tai Hwa Print], 1969.
