Researching the Song

'Researching the Song' is a user-friendly lexicon containing more than 2,000 carefully researched entries that supply information on most of the mythological, historical, geographical and literary references contained in western art song.

Shirlee Emmons is a voice teacher of considerable renown and has taught at Columbia, Princeton, Boston, and Rutgers Universities. She is an Obie award winning singer and the first and only female Chair of the prestigious American Academy of Teachers of Singing.
Wilbur Watkin Lewis is a music educator and performer. He maintains a private studio and teaches General and Vocal Music in the Elizabeth, NJ Public Schools and has taught at Rutgers-Newark University and Bergen Community College. He began his studies of art songs twenty-five years ago while a student of Shirlee Emmons and Stanley Sonntag.

A-Z lexicon with over 2,000 thoroughly cross-referenced entries