Kylie:
Methinks you really didn't try very hard!
Here's what I found in less than 5 minutes on the Internet.
Of course, you are going to have to make the effort of actually obtaining the books/information yourself.
For off-site access to the music collections of the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts http://web.nypl.org:80/research/lpa/mus/mus.offsite.html
http://www.daringdiva.com/bibl/SuWrBk14.html Baroque style bibliography from the Daring Diva site
by Bacilly, Benigne de A Commentary upon the Proper Art of Singing
by Baird, Julianne [books] ed Introduction to the Art of Singing by Johann Friedrich Agricola
by Brown, Howard Mayer [books] Embellishing 16th-Century Music
by Dean, Winton [books] Handel's dramatic oratorios and masques
by Donington, Robert [books] A Performer's Guide to Baroque Music (this is available on Amazon.com --I checked!)
by Donington, Robert [books] Baroque Music, Style and Performance: A Handbook
by Moens-Haenen, Greta [books] Das Vibrato in der Musik des Barock
by Neumann, Frederick [books] Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music
by Palisca, Claude V [books] ed The Florentine Camerata: Documentary Studies and Translations
by Tosi, Pier Francesco [books] Observations on the Florid Song (Opinioni de' cantori antichi e moderni; o sieno, Osservazioni sopra il canto figurato)
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