Surveys the holdings of 17 historically Black American colleges, listing holdings of books and music

Native American music embraces a wide range of forms: contemporary music, country and folk, jazz and swing, reggae and rap as well as traditional music. This is an authoritative source for biographies and discographies of hundreds of Native artists. Contains almost 1,800 entries spanning more than 100 years. It also includes film soundtracks and compilation albums that have been instrumental in bringing many artists to popular attention. In addition to music, it lists spoken-word recordings, including audio books, comedy, interviews, poetry, and more.

Jackson has culminated her lifelong research in producing this bibliographically arranged guide. "Say Can You Deny Me" lists the locations of the printed and manuscript sources of Renaissance, baroque, classic, and some early romantic women composers. With listings from over 400 libraries worldwide, the guide is the definitive work documenting a substantial contribution to the world of music by women.

Classified, annotated, and indexed collection of more than 5,000 references. Includes author/subject index to literature and a composer/author index to music. Music entries include timings. Coverage for art music and popular music through 1920. Index to recordings. Also available online from the Internet Archive

A practical guide for guitarists searching for new repertoire that includes women composers, this unique work lists musical works by instrumentation followed by biographies of each composer. The format first leads users to available pieces in possible ensembles and then to the biographical section, which introduces them to the composers, many of whom have been completely unknown in the guitar world. Appendixes list addresses for composers and publishers. Indexes cross reference composers with their works. Instrumentation entries include titles, composer names, publisher names, specific instruments, and length and description of the piece for indication of style. In the biographical entries, sources are given to guide the reader to more complete information about the composer. These features, combined with valuable appendixes, indexes, and cross-referencing capabilities from section to section, make this work easy to use.

A reference guide to the vast array of art song literature and composers from Latin America, . The book is divided by country into 22 chapters, with each chapter containing an introductory essay on the music of the region, a catalog of art songs for that country, and a list of publishers. Annotations include information such as language, poet, range, and tessitura.

Access audio files. Brazil has a rich classical music tradition dating back to the 1500s that exhibits a unique and diverse amalgamation of many styles and influences including African, Italian, French, and indigenous. This book provides an overview of the history of the language and music, brief biographies of major composers, and a sampling of selected texts transliterated into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Part I introduces the alphabet and pronunciation, enhanced by online audio recordings of native Brazilian classical singers. Part II provides IPA transliterations and both word-for-word and poetic translations of representative songs. The book also offers a brief overview of the history of Brazilian vocal music and biographical sketches of select major composers from various periods.