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Bibliography: Classical Vocal Training (1950 to present)
"How to sing" books in English with a Classical or generic approach published from 1950 on. See also 1900-1949 Classical Vocal Training Books, Pre-1900 Classical Vocal Training Books, Pop Vocal Training Books, and Non-English Language Vocal Training Books.
Disclaimer: Please note: by listing these books, we do not endorse or advocate trying to learn to sing from a book or books. These resources may be helpful to teachers to discover new ways of teaching their technique or physiological explanations for the technique they teach. That is the spirit in which they are listed here.
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Alderson, Richard M [books]
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Complete handbook of voice training
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Allison, Maurice [books]
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The Credible Sing Machine
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Andreas, Esther [books], Robert Fowells [books]
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The Voice of Singing
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Appelman, Dudley Ralph [books]
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The science of vocal pedagogy: theory and application
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Applebaum, David [books]
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Voice
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Aranda, Francisco [books]
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Direct Complete and Basic New Scientific Method of How to Educate Perfect Free Voice for Singing and Speaking
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Barbereux-Parry, Mame [books]
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Vocal resonance: its source and command
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Berardinelli, Nicola [books]
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Secrets of Singing
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Brodnitz, Friedrich Samuel [books]
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Keep Your Voice Healthy
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Brown, Oren [books]
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Discover Your Voice: How to Develop Healthy Voice Habits
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Bunch, Meribeth [books]
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Dynamics of the Singing Voice
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Burgin, John Carroll [books]
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Teaching Singing
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Butenschon, Sine [books]
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Voice and Song
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Cheng, Stephen Chun-Tao [books]
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The Tao of Voice : A New East-West Approach to Transforming the Singing and Speaking Voice
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Christy, Van Ambrose [books]
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Expressive Singing
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Christy, Van Ambrose [books]
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Foundations in Singing: A Basic Textbook in Vocal Technique and Song Interpretation
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Coffin, Berton [books]
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Historical Vocal Pedagogy Classics
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Coffin, Berton [books]
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Overtones of Bel Canto
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Coffin, Berton [books]
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Sounds of Singing
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Cranmer, Arthur [books]
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The Art of Singing
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Cummings, Henry [books]
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Take a Deep Breath
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David, Marilee [books]
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The New Voice Pedagogy
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Dillon, Margaret [books]
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Simply Singing
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Dobelle, Beatrice [books], Charles Sorrento [books]
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Mechanics of Singing
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Doscher, Barbara [books]
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The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice
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Duey, Philip A. [books]
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Bel Canto in Its Golden Age
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Ehmann, Wilhelm [books], Frauke Haasemann [books]
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Voice Building for Choirs
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Feuchtinger, Eugene [books]
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Exercises and Practices for the Singing and Speaking Voice
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Field-Hyde, Frederick [books]
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Art and Science of Voice Training
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Foster, Walter C. [books]
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Singing Redefined
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Fracht, J. Albert [books]
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You, Too, Can Sing
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Franca, Ida [books]
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Manual of Bel Canto
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Frisell, Anthony [books]
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A Singer's Notebook
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Frisell, Anthony [books]
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The Baritone Voice
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Frisell, Anthony [books]
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The Soprano Voice
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Frisell, Anthony [books]
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The Tenor Voice
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Fuchs, Viktor [books]
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The Art of Singing and Voice Technique
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Gansert, Robert [books]
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Singing Energy in the Gan-Tone Method of Voice Production
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Giles, Peter [books]
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A Basic Counter-Tenor Method for Teacher and Student
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Giles, Peter [books]
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The History and Technique of the Counter-Tenor
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Gilmor, Timothy M [books], Billie Thompson [books], Paul Madaule [books] ed
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About the Tomatis Method
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Greene, Alan [books]
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The New Voice: How to Sing and Speak Properly
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Guilbert, Yvette [books]
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How to Sing a Song
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Gurnee, Robert T [books] ed
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Selected Articles from the Writings of William Vennard
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Hammar, Russell A. [books]
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Singing: an Extension of Speech
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Harpster, Richard W [books]
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Technique in Singing: A Program for Singers and Teachers
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Heller, Gordon [books]
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The Voice in Song & Speech and Practical Singing
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Henderson, Larra Browning [books]
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How to Train Singers: With Illustrated "Natural" Techniques & Taped Exercises
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Herbert-Caesari, Edgar F [books]
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tapes of drills of Caesari method
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Herbert-Caesari, Edgar F [books]
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The Alchemy of Voice
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Herbert-Caesari, Edgar F [books]
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The Science and Sensations of Vocal Tone: A School of Natural Vocal Mechanics
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Herbert-Caesari, Edgar F [books]
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The Voice of the Mind
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Herbert-Caesari, Edgar F [books]
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Tradition and Gigli, 1600-1955: A Panegyric
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Herbert-Caesari, Edgar F [books]
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Vocal Truth: Some of the Things I Teach
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Hewitt, Graham [books]
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How to Sing
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Hines, Jerome [books]
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Great Singers on Great Singing
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Hines, Jerome [books]
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The Four Voices of Man
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Husler, Frederick [books], Yvonne Rodd-Marling [books]
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Singing: The Physical Nature of the Vocal Organ: A Guide to the Unlocking of the Singing Voice
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Jacobi, Henry N. [books]
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Building Your Best Voice
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Jacques, Reginald [books]
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Voice-Training in Schools
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Jones, Earl W. [books]
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Sound, Self, and Song: Essays on the Teaching of Singing
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Kagen, Sergius [books]
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On Studying Singing
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Kelly, Timothy [books]
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Teach Yourself Singing
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Kenney, James [books]
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Becoming a Singing Performer
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Kinley, Ethel Adams [books]
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Fundamentals for Singers
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Klein, Joseph J. [books], Ole A. Scheide [books]
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Singing Technique
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Lamb, Gordon H [books]
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Choral techniques
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Large, John W [books]
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Contributions of Voice Research to Singing
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Large, John W [books] ed
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Vocal Registers in Singing: Proceedings of a Symposium
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Lawson, James T. [books]
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Full-Throated Ease
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Lehmann, Lilli [books]
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How to Sing
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Leyerle, William D [books]
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Vocal Development Through Organic Imagery
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Lightner, Helen [books]
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Class Voice and the American Art Song
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Lindsley, Charles Edward [books]
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Fundamentals of Singing: for Voice Classes
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Litante, Judith [books]
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A Natural Approach to Singing
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Mackworth-Young, Gerard [books]
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What Happens in Singing
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Manen, Lucie [books]
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Bel Canto: The Teaching of the Classical Italian Song-Schools, Its Decline and Restoration
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Marilee, David [books]
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The New Pedagogy
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McClosky, David B. [books]
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Your Voice at Its Best
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McKinney, James C [books]
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The Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Faults
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Miller, Kenneth E. [books]
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Principles of Singing
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Miller, Richard [books]
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English, French, German and Italian Techniques of Singing: A Study in National Tonal Preferences and How They Relate to Functional Efficiency
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Miller, Richard [books]
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On the Art of Singing
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Miller, Richard [books]
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The Structure of Singing: System and Art in Vocal Technique
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Miller, Richard [books]
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Training Tenor Voices
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Monahan, Brent Jeffrey [books]
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The Art of Singing: A Compendium of Thoughts on Singing Published Between 1777 and 1927
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Nielsen, Gerda [books]
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A New Guide to Good Singing
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Parker, Steve [books]
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Singing a Song: How You Sing, Speak, and Make Sounds (The Body in Action)
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Phillips, Kenneth Harold [books]
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Teaching kids to sing
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Proctor, Donald F [books]
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Breathing, speech, and song
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Reid, Cornelius [books]
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A Dictionary of Vocal Terminology: An Analysis
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Reid, Cornelius [books]
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Bel Canto: Principles and Practices
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Reid, Cornelius [books]
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Essays on the Nature of Singing
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Reid, Cornelius [books]
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The Free Voice: A Guide to Natural Singing
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Reid, Cornelius [books]
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Voice: Psyche and Soma
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Roma, Lisa [books]
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The Science and Art of Singing
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Rose, Arnold [books]
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The Singer and the Voice
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Rossell, Denton [books]
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Voice: A Dramatic New Concept for Singing and Speaking
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Rusch, Gloria [books]
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The Professional Singer's Handbook
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Rushmore, Robert [books]
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The Singing Voice
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Salaman, Esther [books]
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Unlocking Your Voice
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Sataloff, Robert Thayer [books], Ingo R Titze [books]
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Vocal Health and Science
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Schiotz, Aksel [books]
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The Singer and His Art
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Schmidt, Jan [books]
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Basics of Singing
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Scott, Charles K. [books]
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The Fundamentals of Singing
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Shakespeare (not the bard), William [books]
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Plain Words on Singing
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Shakespeare (not the bard), William [books]
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The Art of Singing
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Shewan, Dr. Robert [books]
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Singing and the Brain: Developing Mental Concepts for Singing
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Sundberg, Johan [books]
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Rostiara
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Sutherland, Susan [books]
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Singing
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Trussler, Ivan [books], Walter Ehret [books]
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Functional Lessons in Singing
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Vennard, William [books]
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Developing Voices
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Vennard, William [books]
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Singing: The Mechanism and the Technic
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Ware, Clifton [books]
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Adventures in Singing: A Process for Exploring, Discovering & Developing Vocal Potential
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Warnock, Robert Gordon [books]
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Learn the Secrets of Becoming a Successful Singer
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White, Brian [books]
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Singing Techniques & Vocal Pedagogy
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White, Ellen Gould H. [books]
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The Voice in Speech and Song
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White, Ernest George [books]
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Sinus Tone Production
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Woodburn, Dawson [books]
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Teaching Singing
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Wormhoudt, Pearl [books]
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Building the Voice as an Instrument
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Young, Arabella Hong [books]
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Singing Professionally
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