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Below are some of the top scholarly sources for biographical information about singers and other personalities in the vocal world.

Grove Music Online
An excellent source for biographical information about singers, musicians, and music scholars.

Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
An excellent starting point for finding information on Canadian musicians: composers, lyricists, performers, conductors, etc.
Useful for finding information about Canadian composers (works lists), and venues. Available online as part of the Canadian Encyclopedia, through Historica Canada.
Musicians Necrology (Gaylord Music Library, Washington University)
"...contains musicians’ death notices and obituary locations. Since death notices often contain conflicting dates, ages, and name forms, all are reported."

Book-length biographies may be found in the following call number ranges:

Call numbers dealing with individuals will be organized alphabetically, by the composer's or vocalist's surname.

Subjects: Music

Tags: diction, IPA, opera, oratorio, performance, song, voice