Vocal Resources: Getting Started

Listen to music and watch operas online!

To find CDs in the library catalog:

• Search from the Music Library homepage. Click on the radio button for "Recordings Only"

To find DVDs in the library catalog:

• Go to Advanced Search. 
• Choose Video under Resource Type.

Find more music using Music Research Guides: 

• Black Composers
• Women Composers

To find scores in the library catalog:

• Search from the Music Library homepage. Click on the radio button for "Scores Only" 
• To search for a specific song, put the title in quotation marks, such as "I could have danced all night"

Browsing vocal music in the Music Library:

• Vocal scores are located downstairs in the Music Library: M1495-2199
• Vocal scores are arranged in a variety of categories, including:
  • M3 -- scholarly editions, shelved alphabetically by composer​​
  • M1495 -- general collections
  • M1500 -- full scores of operas, shelved alphabetically by composer
  • M1503 -- piano vocal scores of operas, shelved alphabetically by composer
  • M1505-1508 -- excerpts, including musical theater
  • M1611-1624.8 -- solo vocal music, secular
  • M1999-M2199 -- sacred vocal music

Check out this portable Zoom Recorder at the Music Library Circulation Desk to make high quality recordings on the go and as a microphone for Zoom lessons!