Vocal Pedagogy Reading List

Compiled by the Music Entrepreneurship & Career Center from the syllabus of Dr. Stanley Cornett’s Graduate Vocal Pedagogy at the Peabody Conservatory, December 2013

Appelman, D. Ralph. The Science of Vocal Pedagogy. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1967

Alderson, Richard. Complete Handbook of Voice Training. West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Company, 1979

Blades-Zeller, Elizabeth. A Spectrum of Voices: Prominent American Voice Teachers Discuss the Teaching of Singing.

Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002

Boone, Daniel R. Is Your Voice Telling On You?, 2nd edition. San Diego, CA: Singular Publishing Group, 1997

Boytin, Joan Frey. The Private Voice Studio Handbook. New York: Hal Leonard Publishing, 2007

Brodnitz, Friedrich S. Keep Your Voice Healthy. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1953

Brown, Oren L. Discover Your Voice: How to Develop Healthy Voice Habits. San Diego: Singular Publishing, 1996

Brown, William Earl. Vocal Wisdom: Maxims of Giovanni Battista Lamperti. New York: Arno Press Inc., 1968

Bunch, Meribeth. Dynamics of the Singing Voice, 3rd edition. Vienna/New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995

Caldwell, Robert. The Performer Prepares. Dallas: Pst... Inc, 1990

Caldwell, Robert, & Wall, Joan. Excellence in Singing: Multilevel Learning, Multilevel Teaching. Redmond, WA: Caldwell

Publishing Company, 2002

Caruso, Enrico & Tetrazzini, Luisa. Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing. New York: Dover Publications 1975

Doscher, Barbara M. The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice, 2nd ed. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1994

Emmons, Shirlee and Sonntag, Stanley. The Art of the Song Recital. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 2002

Fields, Victor A. Training the Singing Voice. New York: King's Crown Press, 1947

Garcia, Manuel. Hints on Singing. Edited and translated by Donald V. Paschke. New York: Da Capo Press, 1894

Grindea, Carola, ed. Tensions in the Performance of Music. London: Kahn & Averill, 1988

Harpster, Richard W. Technique in Singing: A Program for Singers and Teachers. New York: Schirmer Books, 1984

Hines, Jerome. Great Singers on Great Singing. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1982

Husler, F. & Rodd-Marling, Y. Singing: The Physical Nature of the Vocal Organ. New York: October House, 1965

Klein, Joseph J. Singing Technique. Princeton: D. van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1967

Lehman, Lilli. How to Sing. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1909

Leyerle, William. Vocal Development Through Organic Imagery, 2nd ed. Geneseo, NY: Leyerle Publications, 1986

Manen, Lucie. Bel Canto: The Teaching of the Classical Italian Song-Schools, Its Decline and Restoration. Oxford: Oxford

University Press, 1989

McCoy, Scott. Your Voice, An Inside View: Multimedia Voice Science and Pedagogy. Princeton: Inside View Press, 2005

McKinney, James C. The Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Faults. San Diego: Singular Publishing Group, 1994

Miller, Richard. English, French, German, and Italian Techniques of Singing. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977

Miller, Richard. Securing Baritone, Bass-Baritone, and Bass Voices. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008

Miller, Richard. National Schools of Singing. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1997

Miller, Richard. On the Art of Singing. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996

Miller, Richard. Solutions for Singers. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004

Miller, Richard. The Structure of Singing: System and Art in Vocal Technique. New York: Schirmer Books, 1986

Miller, Richard. Training Soprano Voices. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000

Miller, Richard. Training Tenor Voices. New York: Schirmer Books, 1993

Pleasants, Henry. The Great Singers. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966

Reid, Cornelius L. Bel Canto: Principles and Practices. New York: Patelson's Music House, 1972

Reid, Cornelius L. The Free Voice. New York: Patelson's Music House, 1965

Rose, Arnold. The Singer and the Voice: Voice Physiology and Technique for Singers. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1971

Sataloff, Robert. Professional Voice: The Science and Art of Clinical Care, 2nd ed. San Diego: Singular Publishing, 1997

Schonberg, Harold C. The Virtuosi. New York: Vintage Books, 1988

Stark, James. Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999

Sundberg, Johan. The Science of the Singing Voice. Dekalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 1987

Vennard, William. Singing: The Mechanism and the Technique, 2nd edition. New York: Carl Fisher, 1967