Scarecrow Press
Pages: 592
Trim: 8¾ x 11¼
978-0-8108-3647-1 • Hardback • July 1999 • $155.00 • (£119.00)
Marilyn Stephanie Mercedes Newman (Ed.D. Music and Music Education Teachers College of Columbia University) is a mezzo-soprano who specializes in recital literature and oratorio, performing widely in New York and New England. She is the lower voice in Duetto Cantabile, a soprano-mezzo soprano ensemble that performs a variety of vocal music for two voices.
This valuable catalog will be a welcome reference tool for singers, their teachers, and their collaborators.
— American Reference Books Annual
Here, finally, is the "definitive" catalog of duet literature for female voices containing 8,800 entries, representing over 2,000 composers...This catalog provides an extremely detailed resource for those researching music in this now, more specific category.
— The American Organist
Newman argues convincingly for the artistic, technical, and pedagogical benefits of duet singing... To that end, her ambitious work provides a central source for duet literature for female voices... and can be enthusiastically recommended for institutional libraries and reference collections.
— Journal of Singing
This must be the ultimate word on just about everything composed for women's voices as duets. This is a very useful reference work for any library. It will be invaluable to voice teachers, choirs, and musicologists. Many church musicians will also find it an excellent tool for locating and developing creative repertoire. Highly recommended.
— Pastoral Music
These surveys are informative and well researched...The index's references are reliable...the catalog provides access to repertory, and will help performers and scholars identify duet music and supporting literature. It is appropriate for larger libraries supporting vocal studios.
— Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association
An extremely valuable and user-friendly reference tool for an important repertory...Essential for serious reference libraries.
— Library Journal