|
|
Contents
Top | Author |
Title | Home
Hine, Darlene Clark and Kathleen Thompson, eds. Facts
on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America: Music. Vol. 5. New
York: Facts on File, 1997.
Hitchcock, H. Wiley, and Stanley Sadie, eds.
The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. 4v. London:
Macmillan, 1986.
Low, W. Augustus, Virgil A. Clift.
Encyclopedia of Black America. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981.
Peterson, Bernard L.
A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical
Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans. Westport,
Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Ploski, Harry A., James Williams, comp.
The Negro Almanac: A Reference Work on the African American,
5th ed. Detroit: Gale Research, 1989.
Sadie, Stanley, ed.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London:
Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1980. 20 v. Paperback
Salzman, Jack, David Lionel Smith, Cornel West, eds.
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. New York:
Macmillan Library Reference, 1996.
Smith, Eric Ledell.
Blacks in Opera: An Encyclopedia of People and Companies,
1873-1993. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1994.
Top | Author |
Title | Home
Abdul, Raoul.
Blacks in Classical Music: A Personal History. New York: Dodd,
Mead, 1978.
Adams, Russell L.
Great Negroes Past and Present, 3rd ed., rev. Chicago:
Afro-American Publishing Co., 1994.
Berry, Lemuel. Biographical
Dictionary of Black Musicians and Music Educators. Educational
Book Publishers, 1978.
Hot from Harlem: Profiles in Classic African-American
Entertainment. Los Angeles: Cellar Door Press, 1998.
Arvey, Verna.
In one lifetime. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press,
1984.
Cuney-Hare, Maud.
Negro Musicians and Their Music. New York: Da Capo Press,
1974.
Green, Mildred Denby.
Black Women Composers: A Genesis. Boston: Twayne Publishers,
1983.
Holly, Ellistine Perkins.
Biographies of Black Composers and Songwriters: A Supplementary
Textbook. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1990.
Jasen, David A., Gene Jones.
Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930.
New York: Schirmer Books, 1998.
Keiler, Allan.
Marian Anderson: A Singer's Journey. New York: Scribner, 2000.
Logan, Rayford W., and Michael R. Winston, eds.
Dictionary of American Negro Biography. New York: Macmillan,
1972.
Reis, Claire.
Composers in America: Biographical Sketches of Living Composers with a
Record of Their Works, 1912-1937. New York: Macmillan, 1938.
Robinson, Wilhelmena S.
International Library of Negro Life and History: Historical Negro
Biographies. International Library of Afro-American Life and
History, v. 5. New York: Publishers Co., 1967.
Southern, Eileen.
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians.
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982.
Still, Judith Anne, Michael J. Dabrishus, and Carolyn L. Quin.
William Grant Still: a Bio-bibliography. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1996.
Story, Rosalyn M.
And So I Sing: African-American Divas of Opera and Concert.
New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1990.
Top | Author |
Title | Home
Caldwell, Hansonia LaVerne.
African American Music: A Chronology 1619-1995. Los Angeles:
Ikoro Communications, 1996.
Floyd, Jr., Samuel A.
The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History from Africa to the
United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Haskins, James.
Black Music in America: A History through Its People. New
York: T.Y. Crowell, 1987.
Holland, Ted.
This Day in African-American Music. San Francisco: Pomegranate
Artbooks, 1993.
Locke, Alain.
The Negro and His Music -- Negro Art Past and Present. New
York: Arno Press and New York Times, 1969.
Patterson, Lindsay, ed.
The Afro-American in Music and Art. International Library of
Afro-American Life and History, v. 6. Cornwells Heights, Pa.: Publishers
Agency, 1978.
Roach, Hildred.
Black American Music: Past and Present, 2nd ed. Malabar, Fla.:
Krieger Publishing, 1992.
Southern, Eileen.
The Music of Black Americans: A History, 3rd ed. New York:
W.W. Norton, 1997. (Paperback)
Spencer, Jon Michael.
Protest & Praise: Sacred Music of Black Religion.
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990.
________.
Re-Searching Black Music. Knoxville: University of Tennessee
Press, 1996.
Stewart, Earl E. African-American Music: An Introduction. New York: Schirmer Books ; London: Prentice Hall International, 1998.
Brown, Rae Linda.
Music, Printed and Manuscript, in the James Weldon Johnson Memorial
Collection of Negro Arts and Letters: An Annotated Catalog. New
York: Garland, 1982.
Clough, Francis F., and G.J. Cuming.
The World's Encyclopedia of Recorded Music. London: Sidgwick
& Jackson Limited, 1952.
de Lerma, Dominique-René. Bibliography of Black Music.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1981-84. (Vol.
1 / Vol.
2 / Vol.
3 / Vol.
4)
Floyd, Jr., Samuel A., ed.
Black Music in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography of
Selected Reference and Research Materials. Millwood, N.Y.: The
Scarecrow Press, 1987.
Gray, John, comp.
Blacks in Classical Music: A Bibliographical Guide to Composers,
Performers and Ensembles. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Oja, Carol J.
American Music Recordings: Discography of 20th Century U.S.
Composers. Brooklyn, NY: Institute for Studies in
American Music, Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn College of the City
University of New York, 1982.
Skowronski, JoAnn.
Black Music in America: A Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.:
Scarecrow Press, 1981.
Southern, Eileen, Josephine Wright, comps.
African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon, Tale, and Dance,
1600-1920: An Annotated Bibliography of Literature, Collections, and
Artworks. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Stewart-Green, Miriam.
Women Composers: A Checklist of Works for the Solo Voice.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980.
Tischler, Alice.
Fifteen Black American Composers: A Bibliography of Their
Works. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1981.
Turner, Patricia.
Dictionary of Afro-American Performers: 78 RPM and Cylinder Recordings
of Opera, Choral Music and Songs, c. 1900-1949. New York: Garland
Publishing, 1990.
Walker-Hill, Helen.
Music by Black Women Composers: A Bibliography of Available
Scores. CBMR Monograph, no. 5. Chicago: Center for Black
Music Research, 1995.
Top | Author |
Title | Home
Abromeit, Kathleen A.
An Index to African-American Spirituals for the Solo Voice.
Westport, Conn., Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999.
De Charms, Desiree and Paul F. Breed.
Songs in Collections: An Index. Detroit: Information
Coordinators, 1966.
de Lerma, Dominique-René, and Marsha J. Reisser.
Black Music and Musicians in the New Grove Dictionary of American Music
and the New Harvard Dictionary of Music. CBMR Monographs, no. 1.
Chicago: Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, 1989.
Sears, Minnie E.
Song Index. Reprint. Hamden, Conn: Shoe String Press, 1966.
Vann, Kimberly R.
Black Music in Ebony: An Annotated Guide to the Articles on Music in
Ebony Magazine, 1945-1985. CBMR Monographs, no. 2. Chicago: Center
for Black Music Research, Columbia College. 1990.
Top | Author |
Title | Home
Cone, James H.
The Spirituals and the Blues: An Interpretation. New York:
Seabury Press, 1972.
Floyd, Jr., Samuel A., ed.
Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance: a Collection of Essays.
Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies, No. 128. New York:
Greenwood Press, 1990.
Keck, George R. and Sherrill V. Martin, ed.
Feel the Spirit: Studies in Nineteenth-Century Afro-American
Music. Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies, No.
119. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Perry, Frank.
Afro-American Vocal Music: A Select Guide to Fifteen Composers.
Berrien Spring, MI, Vande Vere, 1991.
Southern, Eileen, comp.
Readings in Black American Music. 2nd ed. New York: W. W.
Norton, 1983.
Solie, Ruth A., ed.
Musicology and Difference: Gender and Sexuality in Music
Scholarship. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
Wright, Josephine, with Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., ed.
New Perspectives on Music: Essays in Honor of Eileen Southern.
Warren, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press, 1992.
Top | Author |
Title | Home
Epstein, Dena J.
Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil
War. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1977.
Friedberg, Ruth C. American Art Song and American Poetry.
Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, 1987. (Vol.
1 / Vol.
2 / Vol.
3)
Jones, Arthur C.
Wade in the Water: the Wisdom of the Spirituals. Maryknoll,
N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1993.
Katz, Bernard, ed.
The Social Implications of Early Negro Music in the United
States. New York: Arno Press, 1969.
Krehbiel, Henry Edward.
Afro-American Folk Songs: A Study in Racial and National
Music. New York: G. Schirmer, 1914.
Lovell, Jr., John.
Black Song: The Forge and the Flame. New York: Paragon House
Publishers, 1972. (Alternate)
Trice, Patricia Johnson.
Choral Arrangements of the African-American Spirituals: Historical Overview and
Annotated Listings. Music Reference Collection, No 66. Westport, CT: Greenwood
Publishing Group, 1998.
Top | Author |
Title | Home
Anderson, Marian.
My Lord, What a Morning. University of Wisconsin Press, 1993.
Ashby, Ruth, Deborah Gore Ohrn.
Herstory : Women Who Changed the World. New York : Viking,
1995.
Bredeson, Carmen.
Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow, 1996.
Dobrin, Arnold.
Voices of Joy, Voices of Freedom: Ethel Waters, Sammy Davis, Jr.,
Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, Lena Horne. New York:
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972. (Alternate)
Felder, Deborah G.
The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time: A Ranking Past and
Present. Secaucus, N.J.: Carol Pub. Group, 1996.
Ferris, Jeri.
What I Had Was Singing: The Story of Marian Anderson.
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 1994. (Paperback)
Kostman, Samuel.
Twentieth Century Women of Achievement. New York : R. Rosen
Press, 1976.
McKissack, Pat.
Marian Anderson: A Great Singer. Great African
Americans Series. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1991.
Newman, Shirlee Petkin.
Marian Anderson: Lady from Philadelphia. Philadelphia:
Westminster Press, 1965.
Patterson, Charles.
Marian Anderson. An Impact Book. New York: Watts, 1988.
Rennert, Richard Scott.
Performing artists. Profiles of Great Black Americans. New
York: Chelsea Pub., 1994. (Paperback)
Sims-Wood, Janet L.
Marian Anderson: an Annotated Bibliography and Discography.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1981.
Smaridge, Norah. "Marian Anderson."
Trailblazers in American Arts. New York: J. Messner, 1971.
Tedards, Anne.
Marian Anderson. Notable Black Americans of Achievement.
Danbury, Conn.: Grolier, 1988. (Library
Binding)
Vehanen, Kosti.
Marian Anderson: A Portrait. Westport: Greenwood Pub, 1970.
Top | Author |
Title | Home
Simpson, Anne K[ey].
Hard Trials: The Life and Music of Harry T. Burleigh. Metuchen,
N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
Top | Author |
Title | Home
Camner, James, ed.
Stars of the opera, 1950-1985, in photographs. New York: Dover
Publications, 1986.
Donovan, Richard X.
Black Musicians of America. Portland, Ore.: National Book,
1991.
Still, Judith Anne and Celeste Anne Headlee.
William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American
Music. 2nd ed. Master-Player Library, 1995.
Top | Author |
Title | Home
Search for other items of interest Amazon.com:
Please submit contributions, comments, or
suggestions to Randye
Jones.
Updated: January 11, 2001.
|
