Supporting Diversity in the Music Experience
This guide provides resources that support diversity within the music experience at St. Olaf.
Research & Writing Tutors
Research and Instruction Librarian for Music & Fine Arts
Karen Olson
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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians by Call Number: REF ML105 .S67ISBN: 0313213399Publication Date: 1982-06-30
Encyclopedia of African American Music by Call Number: REF ML101.U6 E53 2011ISBN: 9780313341991Publication Date: 2010-12-17
Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music by Call Number: REF ML102.G6 E63 2005 )ISBN: 0415941792Publication Date: 2005-09-29
Encyclopedia of the Blues by Call Number: REF ML102.B6 E53 2006ISBN: 0415926998Publication Date: 2005-10-28
International Dictionary of Black Composers by Call Number: REF ML105 .I49 1999ISBN: 1884964273Publication Date: 1999-04-01
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz by Call Number: REF ML 102.J3N48 2001ISBN: 1561592846Publication Date: 2003-02-11
Anthologies
Piano Music of Africa and the African DiasporaCall Number: M21 .P53ISBN: 9780193870154Publication Date: 2009-12-15
Other resources
Readings in African American Church Music and Worship by Call Number: ML3556 .R433 2001ISBN: 9781579997670Publication Date: 2009-03-01
Bibliographies
Afro-American Religious Music by Call Number: ML128.S4 J3ISBN: 0313205604Publication Date: 1979-06-28
Bibliography of Black Music by Call Number: ML128.B45 D44ISBN: 0313213402Publication Date: 1981-04-30
Brass Music of Black Composers by Call Number: ML128.B45 H67 1996ISBN: 9780313298264Publication Date: 1996-05-16
Brass Music of Black Composers by Call Number: ML128.W45 H67 1996ISBN: 0313298262Publication Date: 1996-05-16
Choral Music by African-American Composers by Call Number: ML128.C48 W5 1996ISBN: 081083037XPublication Date: 1996-04-09
An Index to African-American Spirituals for the Solo Voice by Call Number: REF ML128.S4 A27 1999ISBN: 0313305773Publication Date: 1999-01-30
Keyboard Music of Black Composers by Call Number: ML128.B45 H68 1992ISBN: 9780313279393Publication Date: 1992-08-21
Music by Black Women Composers by Call Number: ML128.W7 W35 1995ISBN: 0929911040Publication Date: 1995-03-01
Piano Music by Black Women Composers by Call Number: ML128.P3 W3 1992ISBN: 0313281416Publication Date: 1992-02-28Spirituals: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography for Research and Performance by
Call Number: ML128.S4A27 2015ISBN: 9780895797995Publication Date: 2015-04-06
String Music of Black Composers by Call Number: ML128.B45 H7 1991ISBN: 0313279381Publication Date: 1991-10-16
Woodwind Music of Black Composers by Call Number: ML128.W5 H65 1990ISBN: 0313272654Publication Date: 1990-01-24
