Performing Arts Library

How to Find Art Songs and Arias in Collections

For a successful search, know the following information:

• Who is the composer/arranger?
• What is the title of the song?
• Is the song part of a larger work (opera, oratorio, song cycle...)

1. Use a Song Index to locate songs published in collections or larger musical works:

   • Online Song Indexes:

     • UT Song Index

     • ASU Song Index

     • LAPL Song Index

   • Print Song Indexes: (Performing Arts Library Reference)

     • The Song Index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library / Luchinsky [Performing Arts Library Reference ML128.S3 L665 1998 v. 1-2]

     • Literature for voice : an index of songs in collections and source book for teachers of singing / by Thomas Goleeke [ Performing Arts Library Reference ML128.S3 G64 1984 v. 1-2]

     • Song Index / Sears [ML 128 .S3 S31 1966; see also supplement]

     • Songs in Collections / de Charms and Breed [Performing Arts Library Reference ML 128 .S3 D37]

2. Open up KentLINK.

3. Select "Title" tab and enter the name of the song collection or the title of the song.

4. To limit search to printed music, click on "Other Material Type" menu and select "Music Score."  To limit search to sound recordings, click on "Sound Recordings" menu and limit search to a specific format or "All Sound Recordings."

5. Click on "Sort by" menu and choose "Title" to organize results by title.

6. Click "Submit."

If you are unable to find what you're looking for in KentLINK, search in OhioLINK.  Obtain items not found in OhioLINK through Interlibrary Loan.  For additional assistance, contact a Performing Arts Librarian.