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Changes to How You Access IPA Source Texts
We’re committed to providing you with high-quality, authoritative IPA transcriptions. To ensure the continued integrity of our catalog and protect our valuable content from misuse, we’re making some important updates to our subscription model. These changes are designed to streamline access and enhance your overall experience with IPA Source. We’ve encountered increasing challenges related to… Read More
Changes to IPA Source Access: Enhancing Security and Streamlining Subscriptions
March 31, 2025 Update Based on customer feedback, we’ve made a change: printing is now permitted for those with a NEW Online Individual Subscription. This update is now live. To access the printing feature, please log out, refresh your browser (or open a new browser instance or tab), and you should be able to print. You… Read More
IPA Source Policy Regarding Fair Use
IPA Source content, including translations and transcriptions of opera arias, art songs, and Latin texts, is protected by copyright law. These materials are the result of significant intellectual effort and are the exclusive property of IPA Source. Unauthorized distribution, sharing, or systematic reproduction of IPA Source content, including but not limited to posting on public… Read More
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IPA Source is designed to assist singers with foreign language diction and communication. Our members can easily find the repertoire they need in our extensive catalog of 15,803 arias, art songs and liturgical texts in Italian, French, German, English, Spanish and Latin. With IPA Source, educators and artists can skip the translating and phonetic work and sing with confidence and accuracy.