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Come find these books in our collection, or read them on your computer!
This is not an exhaustive list! You'll find all sorts of items in our collection, so search via Catalyst, or browse our physical stacks!
Black Opera by Naomi Andre
Call Number: ML1700 .A53 2018ISBN: 9780252083570Publication Date: 2018-05-04A fantastic, more recent publication, that examines both specific works, as well as social justice issues.Choral Music by African-American Composers by Evelyn Davidson White
Call Number: ML128.C48 W5 1996ISBN: 081083037XPublication Date: 1996-04-09"Lists and describes approximately 1,600 published and unpublished choral works by more than 100 African-American composers and arrangers, 600 more works than the first edition."- Fifteen Black American Composers by Alice TischlerCall Number: ML106.U3 T57ISBN: 0899900038Publication Date: 1981-11-01A great resource - not an exhaustive list of Black composers, but a good place to start.
International Dictionary of Black Composers by Samuel A. Floyd (Editor)
Call Number: ML105 .I49 1999ISBN: 1884964273Publication Date: 1999-04-01A great reference work - this one lives permanently in our Reference section, so you can't check it out, but can come to our library and view it there. This is also available online; click the link to see the Catalyst record for online access.- Music by Black Women Composers by Helen Walker-HillCall Number: ML128.W7 W35 1995ISBN: 0929911040Publication Date: 1995-03-01Bibliographies are a great way to find out what has been published! A relevant book for your studies.
Latin American Classical Composers by Miguel Ficher
Call Number: ML105 .F53 2016, Online AccessISBN: 1461669111Publication Date: 2002-01-01This is an excellent bibliography that compiles information about hundreds of Latin American classical composers! We have these both as physical books in the reference section, and online access.- Women and Music by Karin Pendle (Editor)Call Number: ML82 .W6 2001ISBN: 0253338190Publication Date: 2000-12-31Women & Music now features even more women composers, performers, and patrons, even more musical contexts, and an expanded view of women in music outside Europe and North America. A popular university textbook, Women & Music is enlightening for scholars, a good source of programming ideas for performers, and a pleasure for other music lovers.
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