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Blacks in Classical Music II
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An International Bibliography and
Resource Guide
By John Gray
Price: $175
Binding: Cloth
ISBN: 9780984413492
1120 pages
African Diaspora Press
Pub. Date: May 2023
SUBJECTS
Music Reference
Ethnic Studies -- Black/African Diaspora Studies
SERIES TITLE: Black Music Reference Series
SERIES NUMBER: 10
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DESCRIPTION
People of African descent have been active in Western art music since its inception. Black performers were valued members of court orchestras starting in the early 1500s, and since the 18th century have been acclaimed as both performers and composers in locales ranging from Europe and the United States to sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. However, this rich legacy remains little known. John Gray’s monumental new work seeks to correct that oversight. A long-awaited sequel to his acclaimed Blacks in Classical Music it draws on more than three decades of research to survey the vast amount of print, digital and archival material that has emerged since the late 1980s. Fully annotated and cross-referenced it offers a comprehensive overview of all scholarly writings on the subject as well as a more selective representation of reportage from the mainstream and Black press.
This new edition is organized in three easy to navigate sections--General Works; Regional Studies; and Biographical and Critical Studies--allowing users to quickly access the information they need. It covers all forms of chamber and symphonic music as well as every variety of sacred and secular vocal music from art songs and concert spirituals to choral music and opera. The book’s large Regional Studies section chronicles developments in more than 30 American states and almost 60 foreign countries, while its even larger biographical section documents the lives and work of some 2000 artists, ensembles, and organizations. More than 600 of these are composers, along with an equally impressive number of singers, instrumentalists, librettists, music educators, and others. The work concludes with a detailed subject index that offers a key to all of the book's sections and another way to quickly pinpoint citations by musical idiom, instrument, topic, place, personal name, and composition.
Major Highlights include:
- Comprehensiveness and currency. Includes nearly 7500 annotated entries on materials published between the late 1980s and 2019, as well as older works not included in Blacks in Classical Music.
- Linguistic diversity. Covers writings in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.
- Topicality. Documents landmark moments in Black history ranging from Marian Anderson’s epochal Lincoln Memorial concert of 1939 to the responses of classical artists to the Black Lives Matter movement.
- Provides in-depth coverage of Black women’s role in classical music as composers, performers, educators, impresarios, and more.
- Spotlights the role played by historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Black music educators in helping to incubate these traditions.
- Covers the lives and careers of some 1800 Black and mixed-race composers, ensembles, and performers, as well as a more select group of 200 composers of European descent who have been deeply influenced by Black vernacular musics. These range from Americans such as George Gershwin and Steve Reich to Europeans such as Dvorak and Debussy.
An essential resource for anyone interested in the multiple ways in which race, identity and representation have interacted in classical music over the past five centuries.
PRAISE FOR THE PREVIOUS EDITION"[Blacks in Classical Music] provides an excellent overview, not previously available in such a convenient and concise form, of the contributions made by Black artists to the field of concert music."--Notes (Music Library Association)
"...an indispensable resource for new scholars and extremely valuable for all."--Black Music Research Bulletin
"The comprehensive scope, well-organized material and thoroughness of documentation help make this work a valuable resource and major contribution to the literature on Black classical music...It is an indispensable source for researchers, university and college music programs, and Black Studies classes. Highly recommended."--American Music Teacher
"A very fine addition for all music and academic libraries."--Choice
"This publication is worthy of highest consideration by all school and public libraries, and deserves extensive use for all academic applications, starting with the undergraduate student."--American Reference Books Annual
"...will be an essential and indispensable tool for anyone wishing to do further research in the field, and a valuable resource for every college, university or conservatory with a music program or a Black or African Studies course."--Academic Library Book Review
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
I. GENERAL WORKS
II. REGIONAL STUDIES
Africa
Alabama
Antigua & Barbuda
Argentina
Arizona
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Bonaire
Brazil
California
Cameroon
Canada
Caribbean
Colorado
Connecticut
Cuba
Curacao
Democratic Republic of Congo
District of Columbia
Washington Conservatory of Music
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Ethiopia
Florida
France
French Guiana
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guyana
Haiti
Illinois
Chicago University of Music
Indiana
Iowa
Israel
Jamaica
Kansas
Kentucky
Kenya
Lesotho
Louisiana
Martinique
Maryland
Massachusetts
Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts
Mexico
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Mozambique
Netherlands, The
New Jersey
New York
Harlem School of the Arts
Mwalimu School
New Zealand
Nigeria
Ohio
Oklahoma
Panama
Pennsylvania
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
Russia
Rwanda
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Spain
Suriname
Switzerland
Tanzania
Tennessee
Texas
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
Venezuela
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington (State)
Wisconsin
Zimbabwe
III. BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL STUDIES
Sources Consulted
Libraries and Archives
Appendix I: List of Individuals and Ensembles by Instrument/Occupation
Appendix II: List of Individuals and Ensembles by Country
Author Index
Subject Index
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JOHN GRAY is an independent scholar specializing in the expressive culture of Africa and the African diaspora. His previous publications include Creative Improvised Music, Hip-Hop Studies and more than a dozen others. His ADP titles Baila! A Bibliographic Guide to Afro-Latin Dance Musics from Mambo to Salsa and Music of Sub-Saharan Africa were recipients of the 2015 and 2020 Vincent H. Duckles Award from the Music Library Association. |
