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Music: World Music

A comprehensive resource guide for music research

General World Music Reference

Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World / John Shepherd, David Horn and Dave Laing
REF ML 102 .P66 C66 2003 v.1-7 (and online)

Ethnomusicology and Folk Music:  An International Bibliopgraphy of Dissertations and Theses / F. Gillis and A.P. Merriam, comp.
ML 128 .E8 G5

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
MMC REF ML 100 .G16 1998 v.1-10

Reference Materials in Ethnomusicology / Bruno Nettl
REF ML 128 .M8 N5 1967

World Music: The Rough Guide / Simon Broughton
REF ML 3545 .W66 1994

Asian Music References

Ancient and Oriental Music / Egon Wellesz
ML 160 .N44 v.1

An Introduction to Asian Music / William L. Purcell
ML 330 .P8

Jade Flute: The Story of Chinese Music / T.C. Lai
ML 336 .L118 1985

The Music of Hindostan (1914) / A.H. Fox Strangways
ML 338 .F79

The Story of Indian Music and its Instruments: A Study of the Present & a Record of the Past
ML 338 .R6

Studies in Indian Music / Tirupasoor Venkata Subba Rao
ML 338 .S8 1962

African-American Reference

Afro-American Religious Music: A Bibliography and a Catalogue of Gospel Music / Irene V. Jackson
REF ML 128 .S4 J3

Bibliography of Black Musics / D. De Lerma.
REF ML 128 .B45 D44 v.1-4

Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians / Eileen Southern
REF ML 105 .S67 1982

Black American Music: Past and Present / Hildred Roach
REF ML 3556 .R58 1992

Black Music in America:  A Bibliography / J. Skowronski.
REF ML 128 .B45 S6

Black Music in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Reference and Research Materials / Samuel A. Floyd
REF ML 128 .B45 F6 1983

Lift Every Voice: The History of African American Music / Burton W. Peretti
REF ML 3556 .P45 2009

Source Book of African and Afro-American Materials for Music Educators / J.A. Standifer, Barbara Reeder
REF ML 120 .A35 S76

African Music Reference

The Da Capo Guide to Contemporary African Music / Ronnie Graham
REF ML 3502.5 .G7 1988

Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians / Eileen Southern
REF ML 105 .S67 1982

 

American Folk Music Reference

A Bibliography of North American Folklore and Folksong / Charles Haywood
REF Z 5984 .U5 H3

Folk Music in America:  A Reference Guide / T.E. Miller.
REF ML 128 .F74 M5 1986

The Folk Music Sourcebook / Larry Sandberg
ML 19 .S26

Traditional Anglo-American Folk Music: An Annotated Discography of Published Sound Recordings / Norm Cohen
REF ML 156.4 .F5 C64 1994

Eurpopean Folk Music References

Allgemeines Deutsches Lieder-Lexikon: Oder, Vollstandige Sammlung Aller Bekannten Deutschen Lieder und Volksgesange in Alphabetischer Folge / Wilhelm Bernhardi
PT 1153 .A5 1968 v.1-4

Cante Flamenco / Ricardo Molina
ML 3712 .C35 1969

Canzoniere Italiano: Antologia della Poesia Popolare / Pier Paolo Pasolini
PQ 4217 .A2 C3 1992 v.1-2

The Companion to Irish Traditional Music / Fintan Vallely, ed.
REF ML 101 .I73 V35 1999

Cuentos, Romances, Y Cantares: A Collection of Spanish Popular Tales, Ballads, and Songs / Aurelio Espinosa
PC 4117 .E67 v.7

French Folk Songs, Nursery Rhymes, Songs, & Children Rounds / A. Fassio
Maag Scores Oversize: M 1997 .F3 F7

Hebridean Folksongs: A Collection of Waulking Songs / Donald MacCormick
Maag Scores: M 1746 .M126 H4

Music and German National Identity / Celia Applegate and Pamela Potter, eds.
ML 275 .M933 2002

Neder-Landtsche Gedenck-Clanck / Adriaan Valerius
Maag Scores Oversize: M 1754 .V25 N4 1626a

Old English Popular Music / William Chappell
ML 3652 .C46 1961

The Oxford Book of Sea Songs / Roy Palmer
Maag Scores: M 1977 .S2 O95 1986

Latin & South American Music References

Awakening Spaces: French Caribbean Popular Song, Music, and Culture / Brenda F. Berrian
ML 3486 .A1 B47 2000

Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continents: With Chapters on Latin America / Bruno Nettl and Berard Béhague
ML 3545 .N285 1990

A Guide to the Music of Latin America / Gilbert Chase
ML 120 .S7 C47 1962

Island Sounds in the Global City: Caribbean Popular Music and Idenity in New York / Ray Allen and Lois Wilcken
ML 3477.1 .I85 1998

Music in Cuba / Alejo Carpentier
ML 207 .C8 C313 2001

Music in the Caribbean / John Sealey and Krister Malm
ML 3565 .S4 1982

Music of Latin America / Nicolas Slonimsky
ML 199 .S55

Música tejana : the cultural economy of artistic transformation / Manuel Peña
ML 3481 .P45 1999

Musical Cultures of Latin America: Global Effects, Past and Present / Steven Loza, ed.
ML 3549.1 .M87 2003x

Native American Music References

A Cry from the Earth: Music of the North American Indians / John Bierhorst
ML 3930 .A2 B57

On the Music of the North American Indians / Theodore Baker
ML 3557 .B1613

Song of the Sky: Versions of Native American Song-Poems / Brian Swann
Oversize: PS 3569 .W256 S66 1993