Vocal Pedagogy Reading List

Compiled by the Music Entrepreneurship & Career Center from the syllabus of Dr. Stanley Cornetts
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. Martins 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