Use this guide to locate song translations in books and internet resources. Sometimes the only translations readily available are in the booklets of CDs or liner notes of LPs, so be sure to check the MU Library Catalog for a recording of your desired piece if you cannot locate it in any of these sources.
The book sources below are first listed alphabetically by language (French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish) and then by composer (Brahms, Debussy, Dvorak, Fauré, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovich, Strauss, Tchaikovsky). Internet sources can be found in the column on the right.
Masters of the French Art Song: Translations of the Complete Songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré & Ravel
Music Stacks ML54.6 .M33 1991
The Ring of Words: An Anthology of Song Texts
Includes: German, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish.
Music Ref. ML54.6 .M5 R5 1963
Songs from Old France: Including Chansons, Noëls, Brunettes, Airs à Boire et à Danser, Tambourins et Rondeaux from the 14th through the 18th Century and English Translations and International Phonetic Alphabet Transliterations of all the French Song
Music Stacks M1619 .S6883 2004
Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and Arias. Part I: German and French
Music Ref. ML54.6 .W65 v. 1
Lieder Line by Line and Word for Word
Music Stacks ML54.6 .P55 L5 1980
The Fischer-Dieskau Book of Lieder: The Original Texts of Over 750 Songs . . . with English Translations
Music Stacks ML54.6 .F57 F57
The Penguin Book of Lieder
Music Ref. ML54.6 .P75 P5
The Ring of Words: An Anthology of Song Texts
Includes: German, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish.
Music Ref. ML54.6 .M5 R5 1963
Translations and Annotations of Choral Repertoire, v. 2: German Texts
Music Stacks ML1528 .J43 2000
Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and Arias. Part I: German and French
Music Ref. ML54.6 .W65 v. 1