General Collections
The following collections are but a few available for british songs, and the database may or may not include songs from these collections.
| Title | Publisher |
|---|---|
| Anderson & Morris Duet Album | Boosey |
| An Anthology of Songs from the 19th Century | Tecla |
| The Arnold Book of Old Songs | Boosey |
| Art Songs for School and Studio | Ditson |
| Basics of Singing, second & fourth editions | Schirmer Books |
| Boosey Ballad Albums | Boosey |
| Canzone Scordate (Dorumsgaard) | Recital Publications |
| Cavalier Songs | Stainer |
| Celebrated Songs | Chester |
| Century of English Song (8 volumes) | Thames Publishing, Elkin Music International |
| Collected Folk Songs (Sharp) | Novello |
| Contemporary Art Songs | Schirmer |
| Contemporary Songs in English | Fischer |
| Early English Lute Songs | Hargail |
| Early Georgian Songs | Stainer |
| Edwardian Song Book | Methuen |
| Eighty English Folk Songs | Faber |
| Elizabethan and Jacobean Songs | Stainer |
| Elizabethan Love-Songs | Boosey |
| Elizabethan Song Book | Doubleday Anchor |
| Elizabethan Two-Part Songs | Stainer |
| Elizabeth Rogers Hir Virginall Booke | Dover |
| English Lute Songs | Stainer & Bell |
| English Recital Song | Chappell |
| English Romantic Songs and Ballads, Early 19th Century | Tecla |
| English Song Book | Doubleday Anchor |
| English Songs (Dolmetsch) | Boosey |
| Everyman's Book of Sea Songs | Dent |
| Expressive Singing: Song Anthology I | Wm C. Brown |
| Famous Songs - Soprano Mezzo Soprano & Alto Tenor Baritone & Bass | John Church Company |
| Favorite Songs of the Nineties | Dover |
| 50 Art Songs from the Modern Repertoire | Schirmer |
| 55 Art Songs | Summy-Birchard |
| Fifty Shakespeare Songs | Oliver Ditson Company |
| Fire of Love | Chester |
| The First Book; First Book, Part II; Second Book of Soprano Solos; Second Book, Part II Mezzo / Alto Solos Tenor Solos Baritone / Bass Solos | Schirmer-Hal Leonard |
| 40 Elizabethan Songs | Stainer |
| Functional Lessons in Singing | Prentice - Hall |
| Golden Songs | Harmonia - Uitgave |
| Heritage of 20th Century British Songs | Boosey |
| Humorous Art Songs | Schirmer |
| The Illustrated Victorian Songbook | Michael Joseph |
| Irish Country Songs | Boosey |
| Less Known Folk Songs (Sharp) | Novello |
| Mirror of Love | Chester |
| Musica Britannica #33: English Songs 1625 - 1660 #43: English Songs 1800 - 1860 #49: Parry #52: Stanford #56: English Songs 1860 - 1900 |
Stainer |
| New Imperial Edition Soprano Mezzo Alto Tenor Baritone Bass |
Boosey |
| Old English Melodies | Boosey |
| O Tuneful Voice | Oxford |
| The Parlour Song Book | Michael Joseph |
| Pathways of Song | Witmark |
| Penguin Book of Early Music | Penguin |
| Penguin Book of English Folk Songs | Penguin |
| Reliquary of English Song | Schirmer |
| Restoration Duets | Stainer |
| Robert Tear's Drawing Room Songs | Cramer |
| Sarah's Encores | Novello |
| Selected Songs by Australian Composers | Allans Music Australia |
| Seven Centuries of Song | Boston Music |
| 17th Century English Songs | Stainer |
| Shakespeare Music Six Divine Hymns | Thames |
| Shakespeare Music | Da Capo Press |
| Singer's Collection | Mayhew |
| The Singing Road | Carl Fischer |
| Sing Solo Soprano Alto Tenor Baritone |
Oxford |
| Sing Solo Sacred | Oxford |
| Six Divine Hymns | Thames |
| Six Tudor Songs | Schott |
| The Solo Song | Norton |
| Song Anthology | Leyerle |
| Songbook Series, 1st & 2nd Series, Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music | Frederick Harris |
| Song Folio | Cramer |
| Song Hits from the Turn of the Century | Dover |
| Songs From Manuscript Sources | Stainer |
| Songs From Shakespeare's Tragedies | Oxford |
| Songs From the Ballad Operas | Thames |
| Songs From the Gentleman's Magazine | Thames |
| Songs in English | Fischer |
| Songs of Love and Affection | Boosey |
| Songs of the Isles | Roberton |
| Songs through the Centuries | Fischer |
| Standard Vocal Repertoire | R. D. Row Music Company |
| 12 Folk Song Arrangements: Britten, Seiber & Copland | Boosey |
| 20th Century Art Songs | Schirmer |
| Twenty Songs from Printed Sources | Stainer |
| Victorian Songs and Duets | Cramer |
| What Is Love? | Chester |
| World Famous Songs | Robbins |
Publisher Addresses
Addresses in the United States are favored, when there is a choice. Many of these publishers have archival services, and, for a fee, will make an authorized photocopy of their out-of-print music.
| Publisher | Address |
|---|---|
| Allans Music Australia Pty. Ltd. | 276 Collins St, Melbourne, Australia |
| Anglian Edition | The Old White Horse, 34 Parsonage St. Halstead, Essex CO9 2JZ, England |
| Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd. | 16 Mortimer Street, London W1, England |
| Edwin Ashdown | see Elkin Music International Inc. |
| Augener Edition Ltd. | see Stainer & Bell |
| Banks Music Publications | The Old Forge, Sand Hutton, York YO4 1LB, England |
| Bardic Edition | 6 Fairfax Cres, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 2ES, England |
| Edizioni Musicali Bèrben | Ancona - Milano |
| Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd. | 35 East 21st St, New York, NY 10010 In England: 295 Regent St, London W1R 8JH, England |
| Boston Music | no address found other than Boston, Mass. |
| Bosworth & Co., Ltd. | 14-18 Heddon St, Regent St, London W1R 8DP, England |
| Braydeston Press | see Elkin Music International Inc. |
| Wm. C. Brown Publishers | 2460 Kerper Boulevard, Dubuque, IA 52001 |
| CPP/Belwin Music | 15800 N.W. 48th Ave, Miami, FL 33014 |
| Chappell & Co Ltd. | 50 New Bond St, London W1, England |
| J & W Chester | C/O Music Sales Group Newmarket Road, Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 3YB, England |
| Classical Vocal Repertoire | P.O Box 20263, New York, NY 10023-1484 |
| Cramer Music | 23 Garrick St, London WC2E 9AX, England |
| John Church Company | see Theodore Presser Company |
| J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. | see Faber, also archival items with Roberton and Elkin |
| Da Capo Music Ltd. | 26 Stanway Rd, Whitefield, Manchester M45 8EG, England |
| Da Capo Press, Inc. | 227 West 17th St, New York, NY 10011 |
| J. & W. Dent & Songs Ltd. | Aldine House, 33 Welbeck St, London W1M 8LX, England |
| Oliver Ditson Company | see Theodore Presser |
| Doubleday Anchor & Anchor Books A division of Doubleday & Company, Inc. |
Garden City, New York |
| Dover Publications, Inc. | 180 Varick St, New York, NY 10014 |
| ECS Publishing | 138 Ipswich St, Boston, MA 02215-3534 |
| EMI Music Publishing Ltd. | 127 Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 0EA, England |
| Elkin Music International Inc. | 128 North Ocean Boulevard, Pompano Beach, FL 33062 |
| Emerson Edition Ltd. | Windmill Farm, Ampleforth, Yorks YO6 4HF, England |
| Enoch Edition | see United Music Publishers |
| European American Music Dist. Corp. | PO Box 850, Valley Forge, PA 19482 |
| Faber Music Ltd. | 3 Queen Sq, London WC1N 3AU, England |
| Fand Music Press | Blumleins, 7a Dragon St, Petersfield GU31 4JN, England |
| Carl Fischer Inc. | 62 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003. May be owned now by Boosey. |
| Frangipani Press - T.I.S. Publications | PO Box 669, Bloomington, IN 47402 |
| Galliard | see Stainer & Bell |
| Goodwin & Tabb | see Novello |
| H.W. Gray | see CPP/Belwin Music 15800 N.W. 48th Ave, Miami, FL 33014 |
| Hargail Music Press | see Kalmus |
| Harmonia-Uitgave | see Kalmus |
| The Frederick Harris Music Company | 250 Sonwil Dr, Buffalo, NY 14225-4731 |
| Hinrichsen Edition | see C.F. Peters |
| Hortus Musicus | see Baerenreiter |
| International Music Company | 511 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10017 |
| Iroquois Press/Jaymar Publication | Box 2191, London, Ontario N6A 4E3, Canada |
| Michael Joseph Ltd. | 44 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DU |
| Edwin F. Kalmus & Company Inc. | PO Box 5011, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0811 |
| Alfred Lengnick & Company | see Elkin Music International Inc. |
| Hal Leonard Corp. | 7777 W. Bluemound Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53213 |
| Leyerle Publications | Box 384, Geneseo, New York, NY 14454 |
| Lyre-Bird Press | 122, Rue de Grenelle, Paris, France |
| Masters Music Publications, Inc. | PO Box 810157, Boca Raton, FL 33481-1057 |
| Kevin Mayhew Ltd. | Rattlesden, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 0SZ, England |
| Metzler & Co. Ltd. | see Cramer |
| Mills Music | see CPP/Belwin Music |
| Modus Music | 21 Canonbury Rd, Enfield, Middx EN1 3LW, England |
| Music Sales Corporation | 257 Park Avenue South, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10010 |
| W.W. Norton & Company | 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110 |
| Novello & Co Ltd. | see Music Sales Corporation. In England: 8/9 Frith Street, London WIV 5TZ, England |
| Oxford University Press | 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016-4314. In England: Oxford University Music Department 70 Baker Street, London W1M 1DJ, England |
| Paterson's Publications Ltd. | 38 Wigmore St, London W1H 0EX, England |
| Penguin Books Ltd. | Harmondsworth, Middlesex UB7 0DA, England |
| Penn State | University Park, Pennsylvania |
| C.F. Peters Corp. | 373 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016 |
| Prentice-Hall, Inc. | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
| Theodore Presser | 1718 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
| Keith Prowse Music Publishing Company Ltd. | see EMI Music Publishing Ltd. |
| Basil Ramsey Publisher of Music Ltd. | 604 Rayleigh Rd, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 5HU, England |
| Recital Publications | PO Box 1697, Huntsville, TX 77340 |
| Redcliffe Edition | 68 Barrowgate Rd, London W4 4QU, England |
| Robbins Music Corporation Ltd. | see EMI Music Publishing Ltd. |
| Roberton Publications | The Windmill, Wendover, Aylesbury, Bucks HP22 6JJ, England |
| Winthrop Rogers | see Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. |
| R. D. Row Music Company | see Carl Fischer |
| E.C. Schirmer | see ECS Publishing |
| G. Schirmer | see Hal Leonard |
| Schott | 48 Great Marlborough Street, London, England |
| Shattinger International Music Corp. | see Elkin |
| Speyside Music Publications Ltd. | Ard Insh, Kincraig, Inverness-shire PH21 1NA, Scotland |
| Stainer & Bell Ltd. | ECS Publishing -or- PO Box 110, Victoria House, 23 Gruneisen Rd, London N3 1DZ, England |
| Summy-Birchard Inc. | 15800 N.W. 48the Ave, Miami, FL 33014 |
| Tecla Editions | PO Box 7567, London NW3 2LJ, England |
| Thames Publishing | In United States, see Elkin. In England: Station Road Industrial Estate, Salhouse. Norwich. Norfolk NR13 6NS UK |
| United Music Publishers | 1 Montague St, London WC1B 5BS, England |
| Universal Edition | see European American Music Dist. Corp. |
| Josef Weinberger Ltd. | 12-14 Mortimer St, London W1N 7RD, England |
| Well-Tempered Press | see Masters Music Publications, Inc. |
| Westfield Music | Malt Shovel Cottage, 76 Walkergate, Beverley, Humberside HU17 9ER, England |
| Joseph Williams | see Stainer & Bell |
| M. Witmark & Sons | 619 West 54th St, New York, NY 10019 |
Books
Books that may prove interesting to those with an intereste British Song.
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banfield, S. | Sensibility and English Song. Two Volumes. | Cambridge Univ. Press | 1985 |
| Bishop, J., ed. | Music and Sweet Poetry | Thames | n/a |
| Bratto, J.S. | The Victorian Popular Ballad | N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield | 1975 |
| Caldwell, J. | The Oxford History of English Music, volume 1: From the Beginnings to c.1715 | Oxford Univ. Press | 1992 |
| Caldwell, J. | The Oxford History of English Music, volume 2: c.1715 to the Present Day | Oxford Univ. Press | 1999 |
| Daubney, B. | Aspects of British Song | British Music Society | 1992 |
| Day, J. | 'Englishness' in Music | London: Thames | 1999 |
| Dobson, E.J. | English Pronunciation 1500-1700. Two Volumes | Clarendon Press | 1968 |
| Disher, M. | Victorian Song: from dive to drawing room | London: Phoenix House | 1955 |
| Doughtie, E. | Lyrics from English Airs 1596-1622 | Harvard | 1970 |
| Duffin, R. W. | Shakespeare's Songbook | NY: Norton | 2004 |
| Emmons, S. & Lewis, W. W. | Researching the Song | NY: Oxford University Press | 2006 |
| Fitch, D. | Blake Set to Music: a bibliography of musical settings of the poems and prose of William Blake | Berkeley: Univ. of California Press | 1990 |
| Fuller, S. | British Women Song Composers-late 19th century, Aspects of British Song | British Music Society | 1992 |
| Gooch and Thatcher | Musical Settings of British Romantic Literature: a catalogue. Two Volumes | London: Garland Press | 1982 |
| Gooch and Thatcher | Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature | Garland Press | 1979 |
| Gooch and Thatcher | Musical Settings of Late Victorian and Modern British Literature | Garland Press | n/a |
| Gooch and Thatcher | A Shakespeare Music Catalogue. 5 Volumes | N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press | 1991 |
| Hiscock, T. | Composing Mortals: British 20th-century composers. | London: Thames | n/a |
| Hold, T. | Parry to Finzi: Twenty English Song-Composers | Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer | 2002 |
| Hollander, J. | The Untuning of the Sky: ideas of music in English poetry, 1500-1700 | Norton | 1970 |
| Hughes, M. & Stradling, R. | The English Musical Renaissance 1840-1940: Constructing a National Music. Second Edition. | N.Y.: Manchester Univ. Press | 2001 |
| Hunter, D. | Opera and Song Books Published in England, 1703-1726. | N.Y. Oxford Univ. Press | 1999 |
| Johnson, G. | Reflections and Commentaries - The Songmakers' Almanac: Twenty Years of Song Recitals in London | London: Thames Publishing | 1996 |
| Jorgen, E. | The Well-Tun'd Word: musical interpretations of English poetry, 1597-1651 | Univ. of Minnesota Press | 1982 |
| Mabry, S. | Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music | Oxford Univ. Press | 2002 |
| Maynard, W. | Elizabethan Lyric Poetry and Its Music | N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press | 1986 |
| Naylor, E. | Shakespeare Music | N.Y.: Da Capo Press | 1973 |
| Northcote, S. | Byrd to Britten | Baker | 1966 |
| Pattison, B. | Music & Poetry of the English Renaissance | Da Capo Press | 1971 |
| Pearsall, R. | Victorian Popular Music | Detroit: Gale Research Company | 1973 |
| Pilkington, M. | English Solo Song: a guide for singers, teachers, librarians and the music trade of songs currently available | London: Thames Publishing | 1997 |
| Sharp, C. | English Folk Song: some conclusions. Fourth edition. | Mercury Books | 1965 |
| Simpson, H. | A Century of Ballads 1810-1910 | London: Mills & Boon | n/a |
| Spink, I. | English Song, Dowland to Purcell | Batsford | 1974 |
| Stevens, J. | Music and Poetry in the Early Tudor Court | Methuen Press | 1961 |
| Temperley, N. | The Lost Chord: essays on Victorian music | Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press | 1989 |
| Toft, R. | Heart to Heart: Expressive Singing in England 1780-1830 | Oxford: Oxford University Press | 2000 |
| Varcoe, S. | Sing English Song | London: Thames | 2000 |
| Waites, A. & Hunter, R. | The Illustrated Victorian Songbook | London: Michael Joseph | n/a |
| Warlock, P. | The English Ayre | Oxford | 1926 |