Lyrics and Translations
- Word by Word Translations of Songs and Arias. ML54.6 .W65. Contains texts of well-known art songs and arias with English translations. v. 1, German and French; v. 2, Italian.
- Fischer-Dieskau Book of Lieder; the original texts of over seven hundred and fifty songs. Included English translations. PT1160 .E6 F5 1977.
- Ring of Words: an anthology of song texts, by Philip L. Miller. Includes German, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish. ML54.6.M5 R5 1963
- Song Lyrics; Libretti (Worldwide Internet Music Resources)
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/songlyr.html - Yahoo! Entertainment: Music Lyrics
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Lyrics/
Music Copyright
- Music Library Association. A Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians.
http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/mla/
A Comprehensive guide to information on copyright law for music and recordings. - Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Copyright.
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/copy.html
Extensive list of copyright sites linked from the Indiana University School of Music's Worldwide Internet Music Resources list. - PDInfo: Public domain music
http://www.pdinfo.com
The Web home of the Public Domain Information Project. Stated mission is to teach "how to understand and fully respect legal copyright protection," and offer music that is in the public domain. Provides users with information on how to identify published music in the public domain, and how to confirm a particular work's public domain status. Extremely useful for performers and music arrangers, and anyone else who seeks royalty-free music. - ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Performers) http://ascap.com The American Society of Composers, Authors and Performers is a membership trade association of over 145,000 U.S. composers, songwriters and publishers of every kind of music. ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. The Society makes giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and users of music.
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