A-B

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.

C-F

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.

G-L

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.

M-O

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.

P-T

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.

U-Z

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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