Bibliography

BASIC RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN MUSIC 

GENERAL HISTORICAL SURVEYS

        Chase, Gilbert. America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present. Rev. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

        Hamm, Charles. Music in the New World. New York: W.W. Norton, 1983.

        Hitchcock, H. Wiley. Music in the United States: A Historical Introduction. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2000.

        Horowitz, Joseph. Classical Music in America: A History of its Rise and Fall. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005.

        Kingman, Daniel. American Music: A Panorama. 2nd ed. New York: Schirmer Books, 1990.

        Mellers, Wilfrid. Music in a New Found Land. New York: Hillstone, 1975.

        Nicholls, David, ed. The Cambridge History of American Music. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

        Duckles, Vincent H., and Ida Reed. Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography. 5th ed. New York: Schirmer Books, 1997.

Krummel, D. W. Bibliographical Handbook of American Music. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987.

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

        Claghorn, Charles Eugene. Biographical Dictionary of American Music. West Nyack: Parker Publishing, 1973.

        Hitchcock, H. Wiley, and Stanley Sadie, eds. The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. London: Macmillan, 1986.

        Kernfeld, Barry. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 1988.

        Nicholls, David, ed. The Cambridge History of American Music. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

        Southern, Eileen. Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.

SCHOLARLY EDITIONS OF MUSIC (Series)

        Recent Researches in American Music Three Centuries of American Music

        Earlier American Music:  Music of the United States of America

        Nineteenth Century American Musical Theater

        ANTHOLOGY: Music in America, ed. by Marrocco and Gleason

        SCHOLARLY ORGANIZATION: The Society for American Music (formerly The Sonneck Society)

        Publications: American Music (quarterly) ; Society for American Music Bulletin (3 times/yr)

SUPPLEMENTAL READING

'READ MORE ABOUT IT!"--The following books have been placed on Music Reserve as supplemental reading for the course:

        Epstein, Dena. Sinful Tunes and Spirituals.

        Lichtenwanger, William. The Music of "The Star-Spangled Banner": From Ludgate Hill to Capitol Hill.

        Lowens, Irving. Music and Musicians in Early America.

        Music of the Bay Psalm Book. Ed. by Richard G. Appel. (Filed in Reserve Scores under "Bay")

        Sonneck, Oscar. Early Concert Life in America.

        ____________. Early Opera in America.

        Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans: A History (3rd ed.).

        Stevenson, Robert. Protestant Church Music in America.