Researching the Song: A Lexicon - Paperback

by Shirlee Emmons (Author), Wilbur Watkin Lewis (Author)

'Researching the Song' is a user-friendly lexicon containing more than 2,000 carefully researched entries that supply information on most of the mythological, historical, geographical and literary references contained in western art song.

Author Biography

Shirlee Emmons is a voice teacher of considerable renown and has taught at Columbia, Princeton, Boston, and Rutgers Universities. She is author of Tristanissimo (1990) and co-author of The Art of the Song Recital (1979) and Power Performance for Singers (OUP, 1998). She is an Obie award winning singer and the first and only female Chair of the prestigious American Academy of Teachers of Singing.
Wilbur Watkin Lewis is a music educator with many years of experience as a performer. He maintains a private studio and teaches General and Vocal Music in the Elizabeth, NJ Public School system and has taught at Rutgers-Newark University and Bergen Community College. He began his study of art songs twenty-five years ago while a student of Shirlee Emmons and Stanley Sonntag.