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Selected Print and Online Resources By Genre

Blues/R&B/Soul -- Choral -- Classical --Country --Early Music -- Ethnomusicology -- Folk --Jazz -- Latino/Latin American -- Musical Theater -- Opera -- Pop and Rock -- World

BLUES, R&B, SOUL

African-American blues, rhythm and blues, gospel and zydeco on film and video, 1926-1997. Music Ref. ML158.6.A35 V47 1999

All Music Guide to Soul. Music Ref. ML 156.9 S6 A45 2002. Includes biographical information on each artist or group as well lists of recordings, with ratings.

All music guide to the blues : the definitive guide to the blues. Music Ref. ML156.4.B6 A45 2003

The big book of blues : a biographical encyclopedia. Music Ref. ML102.B6 S26 2001

The Blue Highway Includes links to news, essays about blues musicians, radio broadcasts, and a shopping section.

The blues : a bibliographical guide. Music Ref. ML128.B49 H3 1989

The Blues Foundation. The Blues Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, the home of the Blues. With more than 135 affiliated Blues organizations, and membership spanning some twenty countries, the Foundation serves as the hub for the worldwide passion for Blues Music.

The Center for Black Music Research (Columbia College, Chicago). A research unit of Columbia College Chicago, devoted to research, preservation, and dissemination of information about the history of black music on a global scale.

Encyclopedia of the blues. Music Ref. ML102.B6 H413 1997

Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups. Music Ref. ML 102 P66 R67 2000

Folk and Blues: The Encyclopedia. Music Ref. ML102.F66 S74 2001

The Rolling Stone Jazz and Blues Album Guide. Music Ref. ML 156.4 J3 R65 1999. Entries arranged in alphabetical order. Within each entry, the discography is listed in chronological order by release date. Each recording is reviewed and rated.

CHORAL MUSIC

American Choral Directors Association. Founded in 1959, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit music-education organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching. In addition, ACDA strives through arts advocacy to elevate choral music's position in American society.

American Choral Music Since 1920: An Annotated Guide. Music Ref.ML128.C48 D45 1993. Includes bibliographic references and indexes.

Catalogue of choral music arranged in Biblical order. Music Ref. ML128.C54 L4 1996. Inlcudes supplement.

Choral music : a research and information guide. Music Ref. ML128.C48 S53 2002

Choral music by African-American composers : a selected, annotated bibliography. Music Ref. ML128.C48 W5 1996

The choral music of Latin America : a guide to compositions and research. Music Ref. ML128.C48 T5 1992

Choral music on record. Music Ref. ML156.4.V7 C54 1991

ChoralNet(International Federation for Choral Music) ChoralNet's extensive resources and links include repertoire lists, reference materials, rehearsal tips, choral accessories and technology, and specialized sections for Church Music and choirs in educational institutions. Some of these are links to other websites; some are compilations of responses to requests for information on Choralist.

The choral singer's companion. Music Stacks. MT875 .C68 1987

A conductor's guide to choral-orchestral works. Music Ref. ML128.C48 .G7 2003

A conductor's guide to choral-orchestral works, classical period. Music Ref. ML128.C48 G703 2002 vol. 1

A dictionary of vocal terminology : an analysis. Music Ref. ML102.V6 R4 1983

Early American choral music : an annoted guide. Music Ref. ML128.V7 D43 1988

Musica: The International Database of Choral Music

Nineteenth-century American choral music : an annotated guide. Music Ref. ML128.C48 D48 1987

Translations and annotations of choral repertoire. Music Ref. ML48 .J44 vol.1 1988

CLASSICAL MUSIC (also referred to as Western Art Music)

The Bach Bibliography (For the Global Community of Bach Scholars) This site aims to be the most up-to-date and most comprehensive bibliography of J. S. Bach available. Included is an introductory section that is worth reading as well as a helpful q & a section. Also includes "essential collections" and "new publications" sections.

Baroque music : a research and information guide. Music Ref. ML116 .B37 1993

Baroque Music Homepage A nicely illustrated site that includes essays on various aspects of the baroque, links to websites on composers, and recommended recordings.

The Beethoven Bibliography Database.A fully-indexed bibliography of published (and selected unpublished) materials relating to Ludwig van Beethoven. The aims of the bibliography are: to bring all significant Beethoven materials from the late eighteenth century to the present under bibliographic control through the development of a specially designed database, to improve access to materials by providing in-depth subject analysis of the literature, to enhance the bibliographic records with other desirable access points, and to provide information on locations of primary research materials.

Beethoven Haus-Bonn. This museum site located in Beethoven's home town is a treasure trove of information about Beethoven.

The Book of Classical Music LIsts. Music Ref. ML63 .K88 1985

Classical Music - Classical Net Home Page - Classical Music - Basic repertoire list, classical CD buying guide, recommended classical CDs, composer data, reviews & articles, classical music links. Includes searchable index and composer index.

Classical Music Library (available only to UA Students, Faculty and Staff) Classical Music Library is the world's largest multi-label database of recordings for listening and learning in libraries. Coverage of repertoire is increasing as new labels are added (currently over 32 labels-- Territory restrictions apply outside the US and Europe), with a particular focus on contemporary music and women composers.

Classical Music Navigator, The This site is a compilation of information on important classical music composers and their works and has arrayed these data in a fashion making it easier for the novice or casual listener to identify additional materials that are allied to his or her already-existing "points of familiarity."

Classical Net Composer Data (lists sorted by birthdates, deathdates, age, nationality, etc.)

Classical Net Composer Master Index

Collected editions, historical series & sets & monuments of music : a bibliography. Music Ref. ML113 .H55 1997

Composer web pages (Indiana University list)

Composers' Biographies and their Works

A Dictionary of Musical Themes. Music Ref. ML128.I65 B3 1975

DW3 Classical Music Resources

Essentials of Music Provides basic information about classical music and includes sample recordings from every period.

Great Conversations in Music: A series of films hosted by Eugene Istomin. A highly acclaimed series of television programs produced for public television by the Library of Congress that features conversations with conductors, composers, pianists, and instrumentalists.

Historical sets, collected editions, and monuments of music : a guide to their contents. Music Ref. ML113 .H52 1980.

Jean Baptiste Lully Collection (The University of North Texas Music Library). "A multimedia thematic catalog of the UNT Music Library's collection of early editions of operas and ballets by the French Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), and a nucleus for collecting information useful to anyone studying those works".

Music History 102: A Guide to Western Composers and their Music from the Middle Ages to the Present. (Internet Public Library). A collection of texts, images and audio files of various works of classical music.

Naxos Music Library (available only to UA Students, Faculty and Staff) Access over 80,000 tracks (5,500 CDs), representing the entire Naxos, Marco Polo, and Da Capo catalogs, and other licensed independent labels. The entire Naxos catalog is available on Naxos Music Library before CDs are released and after they are deleted from the CD catalog. Naxos Music Library includes classical music and six other genres including jazz, blues, world, and Chinese music.

The Schoenberg Archives A guide to Shoenberg's papers and works held at the Arnold Schonberg Center in Vienna Austria.

Thematic Catalogs in Music: An Annotated Bibliography. Music Ref. ML113 .B86 1997

University of North Texas Music Library Virtual Rare Book Room. " This site provides full-text image files of early music prints and manuscripts, most housed in the UNT Music Library’s Rare Book Room, and background information about those works".

COUNTRY MUSIC

All Music Guide to Country: The Definitive Guide to Country Music. 2nd ed. Music Ref. ML 156.4 C7 A45 2003. Provides biographical overviews of country musicians, plus extensive discographical information of both in and out of print recordings. All recordings are given a ranking from 1 to 5.

Country Music: 75 years of America's favorite music. Music Stacks. ML 3524 M53 1999. A useful resource for finding information chronologically. Includes awards and top songs, plus biographical profiles of artists.

Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary. Music Ref. ML102.C7 C28 2003. Provides biographical information on major country musicians, plus selective recommendations on recordings. Includess portraits, and index and a bibliography. Originally published as The Big Book of Country Music.

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942. Music Ref. ML 156.4 C7 R87 2004. Amazing resource that documents the recorded history of country and western music. Includes information on record labels. Arranged alphabetically by performer.

Country Music Sources: A biblio-discography of commercially recorded traditional music. Music Ref. ML 156.4 F5 M43 2002. A discography of country and folk music arranged by topic. Includes an extensive bibliography, and song and performer indices.

Country Music: The Rough Guide. Music Ref. ML 3524 W643 2000. Provides historical and biographical information as well as recommended recordings. Arranged by broad topic, not alphabetically by performer. Illustrated, with a very helpful performer index.

Country Standard Time. An online magazine that includes news, features, cd reviews, concert reviews.

Definitive country : the ultimate encyclopedia of country music and its performers. Music Ref. ML102.C7 M33 1995. Includes biographies of performers, awards lists, directory information on agents, record companies etc, radio stations, fan clubs, movies, and a bibliography.

The encyclopedia of country music : the ultimate guide to the music. Music Ref. ML102.C7 E54 2004. Compiled by the staff of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, this work offers the standard biographical information on performers, but also includes extensive lists of awards, top selling albums and other useful information.

The Encyclopedia of Folk, Country and Western Music. Music Ref. ML 102 F66 S7 1983. A very useful resource with extensive entries on folk and country musicians and topics. Includes a huge number of award winner lists. While not as up to date as more recent encyclopedic works, this one is still useful for its depth and scope.

Great American Country (GAC). An online companion to the satellite tv station GAC. Includes news, artists features, and information about the station's shows.

John's Country Links. A good site for finding links to a variety of country music related topics, including artists homepages, radio stations, magazines, organizations and associations.

A Patchwork Quilt: Dolly Parton and the Roots of Country Music. A site created by the Library of Congress that features an array of useful information about Dolly Parton in particular and country music in general. This is part of the series, "The Library of Congress Presents: Music, Theater and Dance, formerly known as "I Hear America Singing," .

Yahoo Entertainment Directory: Country Music. Provides links to hundreds of sites related to country music.

EARLY MUSIC

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant The CANTUS Project is housed and maintained in the Faculty of Music at The University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, Canada.

Early Music (DW3 Classical Music Resources) A mega-site listing of over 80 online websites devoted to early music

Early Music Files and Links (Classical.net) Includes information on early music concerts and festivals, early music societies and organizations, databases, archives and collections as well as a number of general early music sites.

An early music dictionary : musical terms from British sources: 1500-1740 Music Ref. ML108 .S88 1995

Early Music FAQ While this site is aimed largely at the beginner, it also attempts to provide useful resources for professionals in Early Music. These include such things as links to topical sites or homepages of other professionals, or even basic information like CD contents.

Gregorian Chant Resources Provides links to a variety of resources, choirs, recordings, all focused on Gregorian Chant.

Index to Early Music in Selected Anthologies. Music Ref. ML116 .H54

MIML( Musical Instruction and Musical Learning: 1450-1650). "This bibliography is designed to cover the secondary literature on how music was taught and learned during the two-century period 1450 to 1650, elucidating aspects such as the institutions, traditions, and practices of musical pedagogy in the Early Modern Period".

Performance practice, medieval to contemporary : a bibliographic guide. Music Ref. ML128.P235 J3 1988

Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum The Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum (TML) is an evolving database of the entire corpus of Latin music theory written during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY (see also Folk Music, Latin Music and World Music)

Center for Black Music Research of Columbia College " The Center for Black Music Research (CBMR) at Columbia College Chicago documents, collects, preserves, and disseminates information about black music in all parts of the world and promotes understanding of the common roots of the music, musicians, and composers of the global African diaspora."

EOL (Ethnomusicology Online) Home Site

Ethnomusicology Research: A Select Annotated Bibliography. Music Ref. ML128.E8 S4 1992

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Music Ref. ML100 .G16 1998 10 vols.

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet (WWW Virtual Library) mega-site leading to a variety of resources including Native American musicians pages and Native American record companies.

North American Indian Music: A Guide to Published Sources and Selected Recordings. Music Ref. ML 128 F75 K44 1997. Contains references and annotations for nearly 1500 sources on North American Indian and Eskimo music. Arranged by "culture area". Includes author, subject and title indexes.

Selected musical terms of non-Western cultures : a notebook-glossary. Music Ref. ML108 .K37 1990

Smithsonian Global Sound (Available only to UA Faculty, Students, and Staff). The database includes an extraordinary array of more than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds. The list includes the published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of the legendary Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels.

The UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. The UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is the among the largest ethnographic sound recording archives in North America. The collections include non-commercial field recordings and commercially produced recordings of traditional, folk, popular, and art musics from Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas on a variety of audiovisual formats.

University of Washington's Ethnomusicology Links Page. Another mega-site with links to a variety of ethnic, folk and world music resources.

FOLK MUSIC (see also Ethnomusicology and World Music)

The 111 Greatest (Anglo-American) Folk Music Artists. Compiled by Charles H. Smith, PhD, this site provides links to to the "official" pages of each folk artist on Smith's list.

The American Folklife Center (The Library of Congress) Collections include field recordings, Native American and other forms of music.

Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University. Its holdings cover a wide range of cultural and geographical areas, and include commercial and field recordings of vocal and instrumental music, folktales, interviews, and oral history, as well as videotapes, photographs, and manuscripts.

Encyclopedia of Folk, Country & Western MusicMusic Ref. ML102.F66 S7 1983

Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music (University of Washington)

Folk and Blues: The Encyclopedia. Music Ref. ML102.F66 S74 2001

Folk Music In America: A Reference Guide.Music Ref. ML128.F74 M5 1986.

Manuscripts and Folklife Archives (Western Kentucky State University Special Collections) Folklife Archives holdings consist of papers and projects generated by folk studies undergraduate, graduate, and faculty members coupled with reel-to-reel, audio, and videotape interviews and performances (some transcripts), about folk ways, folk songs, folk beliefs, and regional speech patterns. Two of the outstanding collections of individuals are those of Lynwood Montell and Sarah Gertrude Knott.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Music Ref. ML100 .G16 1998 10 vols.

Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems. A site devoted to the great protest songwriter. Includes her lyrics, recordings, poetry and songbooks.

MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Music Ref. ML 156.4 F5 M94 1998.

Smithsonian Global Sound (Available only to UA Faculty, Students and Staff) The database includes an extraordinary array of more than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds. The list includes the published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of the legendary Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels.

Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. A multiformat ethnographic field collection that includes nearly 700 sound recordings, as well as fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502-mile trip through the southern United States.

Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950 (Library of Congress) Highlights letters between Woody Guthrie and staff of the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center) at the Library of Congress.

JAZZ

Afro-Cuban Jazz. Music Ref. ML 3506Y 37 2000. provides biographical information of Latin jazz musicians with reference to major recordings.

The Artie Shaw Collection Collection consists of musical arrangements, correspondence, photographs, musical recordings and additional personal materials from the clarinetist, band leader and composer Artie Shaw.

Big Bands Database Plus. An ongoing project dedicated to Bands; to Jazz and to Swing History, and to the music now known to the world as "American Popular Song".

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Music Ref. ML102.J3 F39 1999

The Center for Black Music Research (Columbia College, Chicago). A research unit of Columbia College, Chicago, devoted to research, preservation, and dissemination of information about the history of black music on a global scale.

Free Jazz and Free Improvisation. Music Ref. ML 102 J3 J46 2004. 2 vols.

Institute of Jazz Studies (Rutgers University) One of the premier institutions for the study of jazz. Includes an online tour and online exhibits.

Jazz : a critic's guide to the 100 most important recordings. Music Ref. ML156.4.J3 R37 2002

Jazz Clubs of the World An online directory with information on jazz venues around the world. Includes links to musicians, news, jazz-related products (cds, videos, books gifts), festivals, agents, magazines, record labels, etc.

A Jazz Improvisation Primer An online textbook with information on all topics related to jazz improvisation. Includes an annotated bibliography and discography. Written by jazz musician, Marc Sabatella.

The Louis Armstrong Discography A work in progress. Information provided includes recording date, artist, song title, composers, matrix number, record label and release number of first issue, and CD/LP reissues.

Louisiana State Music Jazz Collection. "The Louisiana State Museum Digital Library Jazz collection is composed of photographs, audio recordings and musical instruments from the collections of the Louisiana State Museum. Primarily dealing with traditional New Orleans jazz, the collections focus on photographs (including all of the Museum's images of Louis Armstrong) and audio recordings of musicians and bands that were primarily active in New Orleans, although many toured throughout the country and the world. The musical instruments span the makeup of a traditional New Orleans jazz band and include many examples from well-known musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Warren "Baby" Dodds, Bix Beiderbecke and others".

Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website Includes a discography, organized chronologically, that gives label, date, tune, composer, and (in many cases) a cover graphic. Also includes a sessions index that gives detailed information on each session (locations, releases, tunes, personnel, etc.).

New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Music Ref. ML102.J3 N48 2001 3 vols.

The Oxford Companion to Jazz. Music Ref. ML 3507 O94 2000. Includes a variety of essays by well-respected scholars in the field on topics as diverse as the roots of jazz, the blues in jazz,profiles of individual performers, as well as articles the various instruments used in jazz. Bibliography and index also included.

A Passion For Jazz! Music History and Education Chock full of information, including a jazz chronology, information on jazz history, festivals etc. Also includes a photo gallery and a section on jazz chords and scales.

Popular Music and Jazz Research Guide (UCSB) includes a list of basic reference sources in popular music.

Red Hot and Cool Jazz

The Virgin encyclopedia of jazz. Music Ref. ML102.J3 V57 2004

Who's Who of British Jazz. Music Ref. ML 102 J3 C4 2004

William P Gottlieb Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz (Library of Congress) The William P. Gottlieb Collection, comprising over sixteen hundred photographs of celebrated jazz artists, documents the jazz scene from 1938 to 1948, primarily in New York City and Washington, D.C. Part of the American Memory Project.

LATINO (U.S) and LATIN AMERICAN (Classical and Popular)

Afro-Cuban Jazz. Music Ref. ML 3506Y 37 2000. provides biographical information of Latin jazz musicians with reference to major recordings.

Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings (UCLA) a unique site featuring an index to and soundclips of early 20th century musical recordings by Mexican and Mexican American musicians. Currently the largest repository of Mexican and Mexican-American vernacular recordings in existence.

Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music. Music Ref. ML102.T45 B87 1999. A one-of-a-kind resource useful for finding biographical information on Tejano, Norteno, and Mariachi/ranchera musicians from the U.S. and Mexico. Includes birth and death dates and some discographical information.

Border Cultures: Conjunto Music (University of Texas at Austin). " The music of the Mexico/United States border region is one of the most vibrant expressions of this unique culture. The links on this page provide starting points for learning about the conjunto musical style, its history, cultural significance, and artistry."

California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives Guide to the Lalo Guerrero Collection, 1939-2002. A finding aid for the materials on Lalo Guerrero owned by UC Santa Barbara.

Cantos do Brasil - Brazilian art song Includes information on performers, concerts and repertoire, and provides links to other sources of Brazilian music.

Caravan Music Vendor specializing in recordings, books, and dvd's from Latin America, Brazil and beyond.

Corridos (brief article and bibliography from The Handbook of Texas Online).

Corridos Sin Fronteras. A Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition and educational web site celebrating the narrative songs known as corridos.

Cuban Music from A to Z. Music Ref. ML106.C8 O7613 2004. Biographical dictionary on Cuban musicians.

The Diaz-Ayala Cuban Music Collection (Florida Interntional University). FIU's Green Library hosts the world's best Cuban music collection. The entire collection has approximately 100,000 items that span the history of popular Cuban and other Latin Music. Valued at nearly 1 million, the collection features 25,000 LPS; 14,500 78 rpms; 4,500 cassettes containing radio interviews with composers and musicians; 4,000 pieces of sheet music; 3,000 books; and thousands of CDs, photographs, videocassettes and paper files. Among the collection's rarest items are recordings made in pre-revolutionary Cuba.

Diccionario de la música española e hispanoamericana. Music Ref. ML101.S7 D53 1999. 10 vols. This dictionary is an invaluable guide to the music of Spain and Latin America, with subject and biographical entries covering a wide range of topics. Spanish text. Each vol. contains photos, illustrations, facsimile plates and music examples.

Encyclopedia of Latin American music in New York. Music Ref. ML102.P66 F54 1994. Includes over 2,000 biographical sketches of artists and other important figures of the music field, definitions of the most important musical terms and a brief history of Latin American music dating back to the early 1900's. Also included are an extensive discography, bibliography and an Honor Roll of lesser known artists.

Ernesto's Tango Page This page is about Argentine tango - the music and, especially, the dance.

Fiesta Del Mariachi Includes a directory of mariachi performing groups, an online store that offers hard-to-find recordings, song lyrics, an events calendar and artist biographies.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 2 South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean / Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy, editors. Music Ref. ML100 .G16 1998.

Glossary of Latin Music Terms .This little glosasary includes a limited selection of terms used in salsa and latin jazz.

Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande (Library of Congress) Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection is an online presentation of a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. Part of the American Memory Project.

JustSalsa.com A Web Magazine Dedicated To Latin Music, Dance, and Culture .

LAMC: Latin American Center for Graduate Studies in Music (Catholic University of America)

LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center) Comprehensive Latin American Music resources mega-site produced by the University of Texas at Austin.

'LA'RITMO.COM (Latin American Rhythm Magazine) Online resource for finding interviews with established and up-and-coming artists, top Latin charts, music news and reviews of the latest releases.

Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. Music Ref. ML105 .F53 2002

Latin American Music Center (Indiana U.) The Latin American Music Center fosters the research and performance of Latin American art music. Founded in 1961 by distinguished composer and musicologist Juan Orrego-Salas, the Center continues to expand its important library, promotes exchanges between musicians and scholars from the United States and Latin America, and commissions, performs, and records exemplary music from the region.

Latin Music On-Line! A bilingual Spanish-English internet website and online community that focuses on the US Hispanic market. The site is provider of unique, original information and interactive content related to Latin Music, entertainment, news and culture. This bilingual Latin music and entertainment site features original content, multimedia music reviews, concert info, contests, and "Internet Radio" style artist interviews in audio.

Latin Music Website Directory (LaRitmo.com). Provides links to nearly 400 websites all devoted to Latin Music.

The Mark Guerrero Homepage . Son of the great Lalo Guerrero, Mark Guerrero hails from Southern California, and has assembled a very useful web page for those interested in Chicano music in general, and in the music of his father in particular. Includes articles on Chicano music, and other useful resources.

Music of Puerto Rico Dedicated to exploring the full breadth and depth of Puerto Rican music, from the soft rhythm of the Puerto Rican danza to the traditional folk music and plenas to hot salsa and the latest in reggaeton.

Puro Mariachi A mega-site that provides links to mariachi groups, concerts and festivals, articles, vendors and song lyrics among other topics. A well-organized site that is continually updated.

Salsa and related genres: a bibliographical guide. Music Ref. ML 128 S24 F5 1992.

Southwest Folklore Collection : Music & Sound Recordings in the University of Arizona Library This is an alphabetical listing of mostly Mexican and Mexican American sound recordings housed in Special Collections at the University of Arizona Libraries. Includes numerous recordings by Lalo Guerrero, known as the Father of Chicano music.

Yahoo Directory of Latin Music Websites A mega-site listing over 100 websites devoted to Latin Music.

Zona Latina: Latin American Music A mega-site with links to: online music shopping, Latin music magazines, Latin music television, Latin Record Companies, Latin Classical Music/Opera, Latin folk music, Jazz Latino, Latin, House, Mariachi, Musica Popular Brasileira, Latin Pop music, Latin reggae, Latin Rock, Sertaneja, Salsa/Merengue, Samba, Tango, Tejano, Vallenato, and a list of books on Latin music.

MUSICAL THEATRE

The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia Music Ref. ML102.M88 H59 1995.

American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion. Music Ref. ML128.M78 B6 1996 2vols. Arranged by show title. Includes information on opening dates, songs, cast, etc. Also contains a chronological listing of shows and indices for people and songs.

The Broadway song companion : an annotated guide to musical theatre literature by voice type and song style. Music Ref. ML128.M78 D48 1998

The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Music Ref. ML102.M88 G3 2001 3 vols.

Jill Hobgood's Musical Sites List - "Theatricopia" - an abundance of links and more for Musical Theatre fans. Includes shows, composers/lyricists, lyrics, etc.

The musical : a research and information guide. Music Ref. ML128.M78 E84 2004

Musicals101.com A solid, comprehensive web resource on the history of musical theatre, film and television.

Musicals.Net

The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization - Includes information about composers, lyricists, writers, production requirements and individual musical numbers... for more than just Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals

OPERA

Baker's dictionary of opera. Music Ref. ML102.O6 B26 2000

A dictionary of heroes, heroines, lovers, and villains in classical opera. Music Ref. ML102.O6 G55 2004

Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen. Music Ref. ML 102 O6 W55 2004

New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Music Ref. ML102.O6 N5 1992b 4 vols.

List of Opera Companies on the Web international listing

Opera: A Research and Information Guide. Music Ref. ML 128 O4 M28 1984. A useful guide to finding important reference works on opera. Includes listings of standard reference sources, historical studies, editions and excerpts, international directories, studies of individual operas, and opera in specific countries and regions. Author-title and subject indices also included.

Operabase Index - Database of 350 opera houses and festivals around the world. Search for performances of specific operas, look at monthly highlights of opera around the world, or timelines of opera history.

OperaGlass - "Here you can get detailed information, including performance histories, synopses, libretti, discographies, pictures, and more on any of a small but rapidly growing number of operas, plus pointers to many other opera servers."

The Santa Fe Opera Home Page . Includes information on the current season, a historical overview of the Santa Fe opera, a repertory list, and general information about Santa Fe.

Televised Opera and Musical Comedy Database. " Developed in association with the Indiana University Digital Library Program, the Televised Opera and Musical Comedy Database documents more than a half-century of opera, operetta, and musical comedy telecasts produced in the United States. The database traces performance programming from early live presentations on experimental TV stations, to contemporary productions released on broadcast television, various cable forms, and home video."

POPULAR and ROCK MUSIC

The A to X of Alternative Music. Music Ref. ML 102 P66 T38 2004

All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop and Soul. Music Ref. ML 156.9 A39 2002. Contains biographical information as well as rated discographies.

Alternative Rock. Music Ref. ML 3534 T543 2000. Provides biographical information and recommended recordings.

Billboard.com The primary news site for popular music and the music industry. Includes charts, news releases and an album review finder going back to 1970. Access to some portions of the site restricted to subscribers.

Center for Popular Music (Middle Tennessee State University) The Center for Popular Music is an archive and research center devoted to the study of American popular music from the pre-revolutionary era to the present. The Center's mission is to promote research and scholarship in American vernacular music, and to foster an understanding and appreciation of American's diverse musical culture.

Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul. Music Ref. ML102.P66 S8 1989

Lift Every Voice: Music in American Life. (University of Virginia) Explores the history of various genres of American music, including ballads, protest songs, gospel music as well as other forms of historic American popular music.

Nelson Riddle Collection at the University of Arizona Collection consists of musical arrangements, correspondence, photographs, musical recordings and additional personal materials from the composer, arranger, and band leader Nelson Riddle.

The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll. Music Ref. ML102.R6 R64 2001

Popular Music and Jazz Research Guide (UCSB) includes a list of basic reference sources in popular music.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

The Rock Who's Who. Music Ref. ML 102 R6 H5 1996

WORLD MUSIC (See also Ethnomusicology and Folk Music)

Charts All Over the World. Searchable by country, this amazing site includes up-to-date chart listings as well as archives of older lists.

Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001. Music Ref. ML 102 P66 J44 2003. Organized alphabetically, each listing provides an overview of the artist's career, a discussion of his or her recorded output and chart placings, and his or her influence on other artists.

Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music (University of Washington)

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Music Ref. ML100 .G16 1998 10 vols.

Reggae Archives. The gateway to reggae music on the Internet.

Reggae & Caribbean Music. Music Ref. ML 102 P66 T46 2002. Includes information on Carnival in the Caribbean, artists and genres, a directory of Jamaican producers, a directory of singles and a list of top albums.

Reggae Music (Yahoo Entertainment Pages). Provides links to a number of reggae-related web pages.

Reggae: The Rough Guide. Music Ref. ML 3532 B37 2001. provides historical and biographical information, as well as discographies of artists and groups.

Smithsonian Global Sound (Available only to UA Faculty, Students and Staff) Includes an extraordinary array of more than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds. The list includes the published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of the legendary Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels.

UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive The UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is the among the largest ethnographic sound recording archives in North America. Collections include non-commercial field recordings and commercially produced recordings of traditional, folk, popular, and art musics from Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas on a variety of audiovisual formats.

World Music Volume 1: Africa Europe, and the Middle East (The Rough Guide). Music Ref. ML 102 W671999. An encyclopedia and discography of music from various regions around the world..

World Music Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. (The Rough Guide). Music Ref. ML 102 W67 W67 2000. Another Rough Guide, covering the rest of the world.

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