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