I. Resource organizations
Music Catalogs and Magazines
Education and Arts Organizations
Choral Publishers
Multicultural Publishers
Folk Music
Music Education
New Paradigm & Healing
Music
Academic Organizations
Music Catalogs and Magazines
A Cappella Books
814 N. Franklin St.
Chicago, IL 60610
Allegro-Music Education Search Site
www.talentz.com/Allegro.hts
Excellent database with excellent links all over the place
American Memory Sound Recording Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/audio.html
Library of Congress collection of recorded songs and speeches in Real
Audio and MP3. This is quite amazing.
American Music Company, Inc.
10 Westowne Center
Suite 1000
Liberty, MO 64068
816-415-8995, 1-800-369-2624
Fax: 816-415-8996
American Songbook
www.insurgentcountry.com/grindex.htm
Big list of pop and folk music lyrics, with chords
Ars Nova Software
www.ars-nova.com/download.html
Download songs as well as a variety of free software for listening to
the music.
ASCAP¹S ACE Database
www.ascap.com/ace/
ASCAP is one of the two big copyright houses (along with BMI www.bmi.com/repertoire).
If you have a question about who owns a song or who has recorded it, these
two sites are for you.
Audio-Forum
96 Broad St.
Guilford, CT 06437
(Great diversity of music tapes, cd's, and videos.)
Beckenhorst Press, Inc
PO Box 14273
Columbus, OH 43214
1-614-451-6461
Fax: 1-614-451-6627
104532.534@compuserve.com
www.beckenhorstpress.com
Best Children¹s Music
www.bestchildrensmusic.com
For shopping for children¹s music
BMI Hyper Repertoire
www.bmi.com
BMI is one of the two big copyright houses (along with ASCAP www.ascap.com/ace/).
If you have a question about who owns a song or who has recorded it, these
two sites are for you.
Canyon Records
4143 N. 16th St.
Phoenix, AZ 85016
(Excellent source for Native American recordings, especially Navaho.)
Children¹s Music Web
www.childrensmusic.org
Children's Music Web is a group of like-minded websites who use the Internet
to connect families and kids with all this great music that might otherwise
go unnoticed! Interesting database and links.
Classical Music Composer Database
http://members.tripod.com/~musiclassical/
Great for lovers of classical music
Dances and Songs of Universal Peace
Sufi Islamia/Prophecy Publications
65 Norwich St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
(Their collection of song books and recordings on the theme of Universal
Peace, can be exceedingly happy at times, but can also be useful for classroom
teachers especially for teachers looking for songs from many cultures---and
for teachers who aren't intimidated by the spiritual content of the songs.)
Digital Tradition Folksong Database
www.mudcat.org
Dove Music
P.O. Box 08286
Milwaukee, WI 53208
(Distributor of world music recordings, videos, song books, and instruments.
They have a good collection of songs in Spanish from many traditions.)
Elkin Music International, Inc.
16 Northeast 4th St.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
1-800-FOR-ELKIN
954-522-3611
Fax: 954-522-3609
timsloan@elkinmusic.com
www.elkinmusic.com
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
P.O. Box 2053
Princeton, NJ 08543-2053
(Exciting videos and films on music from classical to their "Listening
to the Silence, African Cross Rhythms.")
Folk-Legacy Records, Inc.
Sharon, CT 06069
(They offer a variety of traditional music recordings.)
Folkways, The Whole Catalog
Smithsonian/Folkways Mail Order
414 Hungerford Dr. Suite 444
Rockville, MD 20850
Fax: 301-443-1819
(Great old and new folk, ethnic, jazz etc. recordings)
Folkways Database
http://www.folklife.si.edu/
Smithsonian¹s folk heritage resources
Global Connections
4201 N-2 S. Noland Rd.
Independence, MO 64055
816-373-2452
(Resource for travelers and anyone else wanting to learn about different
cultures.)
Gospel Today
P.O. Box 292494
Nashville, TN 37229
615-360-9444
(Magazine)
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
7777 W. Bluemond Rd.
P.O. Box 13819
Milwaukee, WI 53213
(Octavos and songbooks)
Homespun Tapes
Box 694
Woodstock, NY 12498
(How-to tapes and videos on learning folk and jazz instruments. Also contains
tapes on yodeling, singing in harmony as well as Ysaye Maria Barnwell's
exceptional set, Singing in the African American Tradition.)
International Alliance for Women in Music
1690 36th Street NW, Suite 409
Washington, DC 20007
Kids Planet
www.kidsmusicplanet.com
Resources on school performers and concerts
Ladyslipper Catalog
P.O. Box 3124-R
Durham, NC 27715.
(Recording and song book distributor for women's music.)
Lentines' Music Inc.
844 North Main St.
Akron, OH 44310
800-822-6752
(They publish a "Music Technology Guide" which is quite extensive
and teacher friendly.)
Links to Music Lyrics
http://home.earthlink.net/~jmak/Music/Lyrics.html#kids
Links to hundreds of lyrics pages
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
4 Industrial Dr.
Pacific, MO 63069-0066
(Songbooks and instructional material.)
Melodious Accord, Inc.
P.O. Box 20801
Park West Station
New York, NY 10025
212-665-4405
(Alice Parker's wonderful organization. They sponsor choral and hymn-sing
events as well as publish a newsletter with insightful commentaries by
Alice Parker and other.)
Memphis Musicraft Publications
4096 Blue Cedar
Lakeland, TN 38002
901-386-8435
fax: 386-8435
(Publishes multicultural Orff-Schulwerk material including One World,
Many Voices, Folk Songs of Planet Earth.)
Minnesota Alliance For Arts In Education
75 W. 5th Street
St. Paul, MN 55102
612-292-3392
fax: 612-292-3393
(They publish a resource guide.)
MorningStar Music Publishers of Saint Louis
1727 Larkin Williams Road
Fenton, MO 63026
800-647-2117
Fax: 314-305-0121
morningstar@morningstarmusic.com
Musical Mouseum
www.kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html
Children¹s song lyrics you can listen to
Music Alive Magazine
6 East 32nd St.
New York, NY 10016
800-766-1976
fax: 212-251-0840
www.musicalive.com (Music Magazine for Grades 5-12.)
Music For Little People
Box 1460
Redway, CA 95560 (800-246-4445)
(Wonderful children's recordings by Tom Chapin, Sweet Honey in the Rock,
Sally Rogers, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and many others.)
Music Education Resource Links
www.cs.uop.edu/%7Ecpiper/musiced.html
If you are a music educator, this site will blow your mind!
Music 4 Kids Online
www.music4kidsonline.com
Products and resources for families interested in music.
Mudcat Café
www.mudcat.org
Folk song database with over 8000 songs, large section on children¹s music
plus a whole lot more.
North American Native Authors Catalog
The Greenfield Review Press
2 Middle Grove Rd. P.O. Box 308
Greenfield Center, NY 12833
518-583-1440
(Exciting catalog of historical materials, stories, tapes, poetry, and
literature by Native American authors)
The Omega Institute
260 Lake Drive
Rhinebeck, NY 12572-3212
800-944-1001
(Omega is conference center that offers workshops by singers from Western
Wind, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, The Bobs, Take
Six, the Drepung Loseling Monks, and Bobby McFerrin. Highly recommended.)
Ongaku No Tomo Sha Corporation
Kagurazaka 6-30
Shinjukuku, Tokyo 162
JAPAN
011 81 3 3235-2111 (fax: 2110)
(They publish a catalog of Japanese choral music. Also look for Kawai
and Zen-on publishers, both in Tokyo.)
Ossian USA
118 Beck Rd.
Loudon, NH 03301-1119
603-783-4383
e-Mail: ossianusa@aol.com
www.ossianusa.com
(Traditional Irish & Scottish Music in Print, Sound & Vision)
Pentatonic Music Collection
www.pentatonika.com
Thomas Robertson¹s site of Kodaly and Orff centered songs in the pentatonic
mode.
Perry Innovations, Inc.
P.O. Box 395
Silver Springs, FL 34489
-800-527-2966
(Robert Perinchief writes drug education music for children. He also publishes
Honor Your Partner Songs, a fine collection of partner songs, two or more
songs that can be sung at the same time.)
Pocket Songs
50 Executive Blvd.
Elmsford, NY 10523
800-NOW SING
(Karaoke tapes and cd's and "Music Minus One" recordings.)
Primarily A Cappella
P.O. Box D
San Anselmo, CA 94979
15-455-8602
e-mail: harmony@netcom.com
(Catalog of all kinds of a cappella recordings and books of arrangements.)
Public domain List
www.pdmusic.org
MIDI files, and text files of their lyrics for Public Domain Songs
Public Domain Music
www.pdinfo.com
A good source if you want to know more about the term "Public Domain"
with searches and big database.
RADIANCE MUSIC
1430 Willamette, Suite B
Eugene, OR 97401
541-344-7995
(Exciting octavos and songbooks by Jim Scott, who worked with The Paul
Winter Consort for many years. Some of their Earth Mass, Missa Gaia, is
published by Radiance Music.)
Revels, Inc.
80 Mt. Auburn St.
Watertown, MA 02472
617-972-8300
www.revels.org
(They publish wonderful folk songs in book and octavo form. Also many
recordings of their Christmas, Spring and Summer Revel's music.)
Shawnee Press, Inc.
49 Waring Drive
Deleware Water Gap, PA 18327
800-962-8584
(They publish the Wide World Music Series.)
SING OUT! The Folksong Magazine
P.O. Box 5253
Bethlehem, PA 18015-5253 (215-865-5366)
(Quarterly folk music magazine. They also publish excellent folksong books
and Rise Up Singing, a song book with tapes, containing over 1,200 very
singable songs. Highly recommended.)
The Soar Corporation
P.O. Box 8606
Albuquerque, NM 87198
505-268-6110
fax: 268-0237
(Distributor of Native American recordings from traditional to Country
Western, New Age, Rock, and Rap.)
Songs For Peace
P.O. Box 090-312
Brooklyn, NY 11209-0006
718-748-3569
(Periodical by and for activist song writers---most of whom are involved
with the People's Music Network.)
Tara Publications
29 Derby Ave.
edarhurst, NY 11516
800-827-2400
http://www.jewishmusic.com
(Tara publishes hundreds of song books and recordings representing the
great diversity of music within the Jewish tradition. Their catalog is
a must!)
Warner Bros. Publications
A Warner Music Group Company
15800 N.W. 48th Avenue
Miami, FL 33014
Paul Winter's World of Living Music
P.O Box 72
Litchfield, CT 06759
203-567-8796
fax: 567-4276
(Many recordings and a teachers guide book accompaniment to their recording
Earth: Voices of a Planet that celebrates both the diversity of human
cultures and the natural world around us.)
The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, Inc.
263 West 86th St.
New York, NY 10024
(800) 788-2187
info@westernwind.org (e-mail)
http://www.westernwind.org (web)
(Well known a cappella performing group. They publish excellent choral
collections and have many fine recordings. They give wonderful workshops
on a great diversity of ensemble singing styles.)
White Cliffs Media
Lower Village
Gilsum, NH 03448.
800-359-3210
www.musicsource.com/custom/whitecliffs
(They sell authentic West African and World recordings, books, and instructional
material.)
World Around Songs
Rt. 5 Box 398
Burnsville, NC 28714 (704)675-5343
(Small folk song collections, available since the Fifties, with music
of many cultures appropriate for sing-a-longs with people of all ages.
They have some great collections of rounds and canons.)
World Music Institute
49 West 27th St. Suite 810
New York, NY 10001
212-545-7536
(Catalog of recordings on cd and videos of music from all parts of the
earth. Their complete catalog costs a little extra.)
World Music Press
Judith Cook Tucker, publisher
P.O. Box 2565
Danbury, CT 06813-2565
203-748-1131
fax: 203-748-3432
(Judith Cook Tucker publishes excellent song books, tapes, and octavos
of music from many cultures. The books are well researched and written
with the classroom teacher and music specialist in mind. Highly recommended.)
World Music at West, Multicultural Music and Arts Catalog
1208 5th St.
Coralville, IA 52241 (800-397-9378)
(Distributor of many multicultural music resources.)
Yesterday Service, Inc., Classical Sheet Music
1972 Mass. Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-547-8263
(Esther Breslau and company are experts at finding the printed music you
need and getting it to you quickly with wonderful discounts. Their long-term
summer deals are especially attractive for those of us making large orders
for the coming year. This is not an advertisement, I simply find their
work to be excellent, as do many many others.)
Frank Zappa Music
BARFKO-SWILL
P.O. Box 5418
North Hollywood, CA 91616-5418
www.barfkoswill.com (?)
(Zappa is an aquired taste. No choral music and not much that can be done
in a sing-along, although I've done a few.)
Zephyr Press
3316 N. Chapel Ave.
P.O. Box 66006-P
Tucson, AZ 85728-66006
(Publisher of education guide books dealing with all aspects of multi-sensory
learning.)
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Education and Arts Organizations
All The Web Search Engine
www.alltheweb.com
Excellent search engine on finding anything on the web.
American Council for the Arts
Department 33
One East 53rd St.
New York, NY 10022
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
P.O. Box 6310
Lawton, OK 73506-0301
(Indispensable resource---magazine, books, regional and national meetings,
etc.)
American Orff-Schulwerk Association
P.O. Box 391089
Cleveland, OH 44139-8089
2167-543-5366
(Music education for the mind, body and community.)
THE CONTEMPORARY A CAPPELLA SOCIETY OF AMERICA (CASA)
1850 Union Street #1441
San Francisco, CA 94123.
fax:(415) 921-2834
email: casa@casa.org
http://www.singers.com
phone: (415) 563-5224
(They sponsor the annual harmony Sweepstakes Festival, offer the Primarily
A Cappella catalog and offer on-line opportunities. They also sponsor
the Urban Harmony Movement.)
Chicago Children¹s Choir
www.ccchoir.org
Since the 1950s, the Chicago Children¹s Choir has prospered with their
mission of creating great music with youth from the full spectrum of Chicago¹s
cultures.
Choirboy Notes
Noteworthy Communications
34518 Warren Rd. #315
Westland, MI 48185
313-721-5410
(Support organization with newsletter.)
Choristers Guild
2834 West Kingsely Rd.
Garland, TX 75041
214-271-1521
(Youth Church Choir publisher---journal and music.)
Chorus America
1156 15th St., N.W., - Suite 310
Washington, D.C. 20005-1704
Phone: 202-331-7577
Fax: 202-331-7599
service@chorusamerica.org
e-mail: chorusam@libertynet.org
(Support organization for professional choral groups and conductors.)
Church Music Publishers Association
P.O. Box 158992
Nashville, TN 37215
615-791-0273
(They provide guidelines on copyright and other information.)
Dalcroze Society of America
3871 45th Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98105
206-527-7034
(Dalcroze/Eurhythmics combines mind, body and emotion in music/movement
education)
Exploring
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
(Newsletter published by the amazing Exploratorium center in San Francisco---a
few good issues on sound and music.)
Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA)
P.O. Box 34635
Detroit, MI 48234
313-898-6900
(The GMWA has annual national conventions the second week in August. It
is the largest national gospel music gathering.)
Kodály Center of America
15 Denton Rd.
Wellesley, MA 02181-6404
617-235-8784
(Books, music, and info on The Kodaly music education approach.)
Music Educators Journal
1902 Association Dr.
Reston, VA 22091
http://www.menc.org
(Very useful magazine and resource organization for music teachers. Their
recent series of world music articles by Patricia Shehan Campbell should
be in every choral directors library.)
National Association of Pastoral Musicians
225 Sheridan St.
Washington, DC 20011
202-723-5800
fax: 589-5175
(Support for church musicians)
National Association For the Education of Young Children
www.naeyc.org/onlinenaeyc
NATS
2800 University Bvld. N.
JU Station
Jacksonville, FL 32211
(Support organization for voice teachers.)
The Omega Institute
260 Lake Drive
Rhinebeck, NY 12572-3212
800-944-1001
(Omega is conference center that offers workshops by singers from Western
Wind, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, The Bobs, Take
Six, the Drepung Loseling Monks, and Bobby McFerrin. Highly recommended.)
People's Music Network
Sarah Underhill (Current Executive Head)
RR 1 Box 193
Kerhonksen, NY 12446
(PMN is largely a folksong society with an emphasis on social justice
concerns. There are several folk choruses associated with PMN including
the New York Streetsingers, founded by Pete Seeger and led by Bernardo
Palombo and Gene Glickman. They have two national gatherings every year.)
Perry Innovations, Inc.
P.O. Box 395
Silver Springs, FL 34489
1-800-527-2966
(Robert Perinchief writes drug education music for children. He also publishes
Honor Your Partner Songs, a fine collection of partner songs, two or more
songs that can be sung at the same time.)
Presbyterian Association of Musicians
100 Witherspoon St. Room 3407A
Louisville, KY 40202-1396
(Support services for church musicians)
Revels, Inc.
One Kendall Square, Building 600
Cambridge, MA 02139
(They publish wonderful folk songs in book and octavo form. Also many
recordings of their Christmas, Spring and Summer Revel's music.)
Rhythm Entrainment Institute
P.O. Box 1678
Sedona, AZ 86339
reiinst@sedona.net
School Assemblies
www.schoolgigs.com
Info on marketing for school performers and their hosts
Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing
in America Incorporated (SPEBSQSA)
6315 3rd Avenue
Kenosha, WI, 53141
(What kind of world would it be without Barbershop Quartet and Sweet Adelaide
music? SPEBSQSA publishes a catalog, Harmony Marketplace.)
Sweet Adelines International
Box 470168
Tulsa, OK 74147-0168
(Women's a cappella music organization. They publish a catalog called
Harmony Bazaar.)
Unitarian Universalist Musicians Network
29 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02116
617-421-9004
(UUMN is a support organization for church musicians. Like other denominational
organizations, they have regional and national meetings. They also publish
music. If you want sacred music with gender sensitive text that doesn't
compromise beauty for political correctness, check them out.)
Zamir Choral Foundation
P.O. Box 109
Planetarium Station
New York, NY 10024
(Every summer, the Zamir Choral Foundation holds a conference on Jewish
choral music in the Catskills of New York.)
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Choral Publishers
Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 10003
16380 Roscoe Blvd.
Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003
(Choral Music)
Alliance Music Publications
3330 Hillcroft, Suite H
Houston, TX 77057
(They offer choral music from Central America.)
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
P.O. Box 6310
Lawton, OK 73506-0301
(Indispensable resource---magazine, books, regional and national meetings,
etc.)
American Orff-Schulwerk Association
P.O. Box 391089
Cleveland, OH 44139-8089
2167-543-5366
(Music education for the mind, body and community.)
Arista Music Company
Box 1596
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(Classical choral music)
Arsis Press
170 N.E. 33rd Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334
Tel: 954-563-1844, Fax: 954-563-9006
Email: evercoe@compuserve.com.
(Choral music by women for everyone.)
Art Masters Studios Inc.
1599 SE 8th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55414-1510
(Sacred choral and church music)
Barnwell's Notes Publishing
P.O. Box 32164
Washington, DC 20007
202-625-7870
fax: 202-625-7871
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/ymbarnwell
ymbarnwell@compuserve.com
YMB@IGC.ORG
www.sweethoney.com
(Ysaye Maria Barnwell writes and arranges truly superb choral music, some
of which has been performed by the group she sings with, Sweet Honey in
the Rock.)
Beckenhorst Press, Inc.
P.O. Box 14273
Columbus, Oh 43214
(Sacred choral music)
Brentwood Music, Inc.
One Maryland Farms, Suite 200
Brentwood, TN 37027
(Gospel)
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.
35 East 21st St.
New York, NY 10010-6212
212-358-5300
main fax: 212-358-5301
sales: 212-358-5339
sales fax: 212-358-5303
(Doreen Rao started a multicultural children's choral series. Boosey &
Hawkes also publishes some of my choral pieces including Niska Banja from
the former Republic of Yugoslavia.)
Broude Brothers
141 White Oaks Rd.
Williamstown, MA 02167
(Choral music including some by Salomone Rossi)
Burleigh Inspirational Music
P.O. Box 16091
Oklahoma City, OK 73113
405-232-7477
(Glenn Edward Burleigh composes demanding and exhilarating gospel music.)
Choral Web Publishing, Inc.
PO Box 9164
Moscow, ID 83843
877-932-6874
208-882-6760
Fax: 208-882-7823
sales@ChoralWeb.com
http://www.ChoralWeb.com
Choristers Guild
2834 West Kingsely Rd.
Garland, TX 75041
214-271-1521
(Youth Church Choir publisher---journal and music.)
Roger Dean Publishing Company
P.O. Box 802
Dayton, OH 45401-0802
(Choral music including the Heritage Choral Series)
Dekay's House of Music
39 Thrift St.
San Francisco, CA 94112.
(Gospel music distributor, both recordings, octavos, and song books. They
also have how-to books on gospel style piano playing.)
earthsongs
220 NW 29th St.
Corvallis, OR 97330
503-748-5760
(Many excellent octavo compositions and arrangements of music from everywhere.)
Ear To The Ground Publisher
167 Maple St.
Brooklyn, NY 11225
(Small publishers with exciting choral arrangements of activist songs
from many cultures with arrangements by Gene Glickman of the New York
Streetsingers and others.)
Carl Fischer
62 Cooper Sq.
New York, NY 10003
212-777-0900
(Choral music and all kinds of other music)
Mark Foster Music Company
Box 4012
Champaign, IL 61824-4012
800-359-1386
FAX: 217-398-2791
e-mail: markfostermus@champ.il.aads.net
Gladde Music Publications
Bradley Nelson, editor
1321 Pillsbury Lane
El Cajon, CA 92020
619-463-5316
bradnelson@gladdemusic.com
www.GladdeMusic.com
(Through their website, you can see and hear all sorts of choral music.)
Gospel Notes
6143 Oxon Hill Rd.
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
301-839-AMEN
(Gospel)
William Grant Still Music,
4 South San Francisco St, Suite 422,
Flagstaff AZ 86001-5737
602/526-9355
(For the music of William Grant Still)
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
7777 W. Bluemond Rd.
P.O. Box 13819
Milwaukee, WI 53213
(Octavos and songbooks)
Harmonia Music Publishers
P.O. Box 210
NL-1230 AE Loosdrect,
HOLLAND
Tel: +31 35 582 7675
e-mail: harmonia@compuserve.com
(Choral music by Bartók, Kodály and other Hungarian composers.)
HaZamir Music Publications
35 Garland Rd.
Newton, MA 02159
http://www.zamir.org
(Jewish choral music by Josh Jacobson, David Burger and others. Highly
recommended.)
Hinshaw Music, Inc.
PO Box 470
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0470
Phone: (919) 933-1691
Fax: (919) 967-3399
www.hinshawmusic.com
Hope Publishing Company
380 South Main Place
Carol Stream, IL 60188
630-665-3200
e-mail: jlshope@aol.com
(Choral music)
Neil A. Kjos Music Company
4380 Jutland Drive
San Diego, CA 92117
(Choral works by Argentine composer Oscar Escalada and others.)
Kodály Center of America
15 Denton Rd.
Wellesley, MA 02181-6404
617-235-8784
(Books, music, and info on The Kodaly music education approach.)
Lawson-Gould Music Publishers, Inc.
250 W. 57th St. Suite 932
New York, NY 10107
(Lawson-Gould has a long tradition of publishing music from diverse cultures.
Get their catalog Music from around the world.)
Hal Leonard Corporation
7777 W. Bluemound Rd.
P.O. Box 13819
Milwaukee, WI 53213
(Choral music, including some Robert Ray gospel music.)
Lexicon Music Inc.
P.O. Box 2222
Newbury Park, CA 91320
(Gospel choral collections.)
The Lorenz Corporation
Box 802
Dayton, OH 45401-0802
(Choral music incorporating Heritage Music Press, the Roger Dean Publishing
Company, and the Triune Corporation.)
Musica Russica
27 Willow Lane
Madison, CT 06443
800-326-3132
www.musicarussica.com
(Exciting choral octavos and recordings of all kinds of Russian music
with full phonetic guidance.)
Music Romanica (Gabriel Dumitrescu)
P.O. Box 1285
Edmonds, WA 98020-1285
Phone 206-778-5190
Fax 206-778-3484
e-mail gabriel@u.washington.edu
(Eastern European music)
National Music Publishers
16605 Townhouse
Tustin, CA 92680
(Choral music)
Nyoni Publishing Co.
P.O. Box 25
Groveton, TX 75845
409-642-2361
(Multicultural choral music with complete dance instructions when needed.
They also publish music for Chaia Marimba Music Co.)
Pavane Publishing
Dist. by Intrada Music Group
P.O. Box 1240
Anderson, IN 46015
(Choral music)
JW Pepper & Son, Inc.
PO Box 850
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0850
(610) 648-0500
1-800-345-6296
Fax: 1-800-260-1482
www.jwpepper.com
satisfaction@jwpepper.com
Perry Innovations, Inc.
P.O. Box 395
Silver Springs, FL 34489
1-800-527-2966
(Robert Perinchief writes drug education music for children. He also publishes
Honor Your Partner Songs, a fine collection of partner songs, two or more
songs that can be sung at the same time.)
C.F. Peters Corp.
373 Park Ave. South
New York, NY 10016
(212) 686-4147
Fax: (212) 689-9412
Plymouth Music Co., Inc.
170 N.E. 33rd St.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33334
(Choral music)
Theodore Presser Company
Presser Place
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
215-525-3636
fax: 527-7841
(Music Publishers including extensive choral music. Their Israel Music
Institute features contemporary music from Israel. They are the parent
company for Coronet Press, E. Henry David Music Publishers, Thorpe Music
Publishing Company, the Ongaku No Tomo Sha Corp., Lindsay Music, and many
other publishers from around the world.)
RADIANCE MUSIC
1430 Willamette, Suite B
Eugene, OR 97401
541-344-7995
(Exciting octavos and songbooks by Jim Scott, who worked with The Paul
Winter Consort for many years. Some of their Earth Mass, Missa Gaia, is
published by Radiance Music.)
William James Ross
10426 Fox Hollow
San Antonio, TX 78217
(Ross composes deeply spiritual music within the Unitarian Universalist
tradition. His extensive catalog is available from The Riverrun Music
Press in San Antonio, TX)
Santa Barbara Music Publishing
260 Loma Media
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
805-962-5800
E mail: sbpm@sprynet.com
G. Schirmer, Inc.
Dist. by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
7777 W. Bluemound Rd.
P.O. Box 13819
Milwaukee, WI 53213
(Choral music, including the Gregg Smith series.)
Seafarer Press
206 North Titus Ave.
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 273-6489
email: alexander@clarityconnect.com
(Elizabeth Alexander, composer & publisher
SDG Press
170 N.E. 33rd St.
Ft. Lauderdale FL 33334
305-563-1844
(Part of the Walton Choral Publishing group. They publish Jackson Berkey's
music including his settings of Native American texts.)
Selah Press, LTD
92 Grantwood Drive
Amherst, MA 01002
(Publishes the gospel music of Horace Boyer)
Shawnee Press, Inc.
49 Waring Drive
PO Box 690
Deleware Gap, PA 18327
ShawneePress@noln.com
www.ShawneePress.com
Bonia Shur
3101 Clifton Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45220
(Bonia Shur publishes his own Jewish choral compositions and arrangements.
Recommended)
Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing
in America Incorporated (SPEBSQSA)
6315 3rd Avenue
Kenosha, WI, 53141
(What kind of world would it be without Barbershop Quartet and Sweet Adelaide
music? SPEBSQSA publishes a catalog, Harmony Marketplace.)
The Sparrow Corp.
P.O. Box 5010
Brentwood, TN 37024-5010
(Publisher of gospel choral music with tapes. Highly recommended.)
Sweet Adelines International
Box 470168
Tulsa, OK 74147-0168
(Women's a cappella music organization. They publish a catalog called
Harmony Bazaar.)
Tara Publications
29 Derby Ave.
Cedarhurst, NY 11516
800-827-2400
http://www.jewishmusic.com
(Tara publishes hundreds of song books and recordings representing the
great diversity of music within the Jewish tradition. Their catalog is
a must!)
Thomas House Publications
Distributed by Intrada Music Group
P.O. Box 1240
Anderson, IN 46015
(They offer some fine Spanish choral music.)
Transcontinental Music Publications
838 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212-249-0100.
(Choral music from many Jewish traditions, both sacred and secular.)
Treble Clef Music Press
Mary Lycan, Editor
415 Wesley Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-1521
(Choral music for sopranos and altos, medieval to 20th century with an
emphasis on women composers.)
Twin Elm Publishing
1626 Twenty-Seventh Avenue Court
Greeley, CO 80631
303-356-2172
(They publish many wonderful octavos representing the great diversity
of Central American choral music.)
Unitarian Universalist Musicians Network
1234 Oak Knoll Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45224
513-729-4183
(UUMN is a support organization for church musicians. Like other denominational
organizations, they have regional and national meetings. They also publish
music. If you want sacred music with gender sensitive text that doesn't
compromise beauty for political correctness, check them out.)
Walton Music Corporation
170 N.E. 33rd St.
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl 33334
Phone: 954-563-1844
Fax: 954-563-9006
(Their new collaboration with The Library of Congress has resulted in
the reprinting of many classic 19th century American choral pieces)
Warner Bros. Publications
A Warner Music Group Company
15800 N.W. 48th Avenue
Miami, FL 33014
The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, Inc.
263 West 86th St.
New York, NY 10024
(800) 788-2187
info@westernwind.org (e-mail)
http://www.westernwind.org (web)
(Well known a cappella perfoming group. They publish excellent choral
collections and have many fine recordings. They give wonderful workshops
on a great diversity of ensemble singing styles.)
World Library Publications
A Divison of J. S. Paluch Company, Inc.
3825 N. Willow Road
Schiller Park, IL 60176-9989
(church music)
World Music Press
Judith Cook Tucker, publisher
P.O. Box 2565
Danbury, CT 06813-2565
203-748-1131
fax: 203-748-3432
(Judith Cook Tucker publishes excellent song books, tapes, and octavos
of music from many cultures. The books are well researched and written
with the classroom teacher and music specialist in mind. Highly recommended.)
Yelton Rhodes Music
P.O. Box 46249
Los Angeles, CA 09946
888-497-6874
(As their wonderful catalog proclaims, they "publish lyrical music
(choral) with a message that promotes inclusiveness and tolerance of the
broad spectrum of human nature.")
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Multicultural Publishers and
Resources
African Genesis presents Gospel Music
http://afgen.com/gospel.html
Alliance Music Publications
3330 Hillcroft, Suite H
Houston, TX 77057
(They offer choral music from Central America.)
Barnwell's Notes Publishing
P.O. Box 32164
Washington, DC 20007
202-625-7870
fax: 202-625-7871
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/ymbarnwell
ymbarnwell@compuserve.com
YMB@IGC.ORG
www.sweethoney.com
(Ysaye Maria Barnwell writes and arranges truly superb choral music, some
of which has been performed by the group she sings with, Sweet Honey in
the Rock.)
Bennick Music Supply, Inc.
3818 South Shepherd Drive
Houston, TX 77098
800-835-1900
Fax: 713-522-2629
(They have a 44 page catalog of African American music)
Black Gospel
http://www.blackgospel.com/
Black Sacred Music, A Journal of Theomusicology
Curriculum of African and Afro-American Studies
CB#3395, 401 Alumni Building
Univ. of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3395
(Back issues include info on R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, and
the worshipping church in Africa.)
Brentwood Music, Inc.
One Maryland Farms, Suite 200
Brentwood, TN 37027
(Gospel)
Burleigh Inspirational Music
P.O. Box 16091
Oklahoma City, OK 73113
405-232-7477
(Glenn Edward Burleigh composes demanding and exhilarating gospel music.)
Canyon Records
4143 N. 16th St.
Phoenix, AZ 85016
(Excellent source for Native American recordings, especially Navaho.)
Dekay's House of Music
39 Thrift St.
San Francisco, CA 94112.
(Gospel music distributor, both recordings, octavos, and song books. They
also have how-to books on gospel style piano playing.)
Diadem, Inc.
3310 West End Ave.
Nashville, TN 37203
(Black gospel songbooks and tapes.)
Dove Music
P.O. Box 08286
Milwaukee, WI 53208
(Distributor of world music recordings, videos, song books, and instruments.
They have a good collection of songs in Spanish from many traditions.)
Dr. KT Productions Sheet Music Catalog
3001 South Michigan Avenue Suite 1407
Chicago, IL 60616
302-326-0070
eMail: drkt1407@aol.com
http://www.drkt.com/drkt/prod01.htm
(Keith Hampton transcibes Gospel music and is a great Gospel composer.)
earthsongs
220 NW 29th St.
Corvallis, OR 97330
503-748-5760
(Many excellent octavo compositions and arrangements of music from everywhere.)
Ear To The Ground Publisher
167 Maple St.
Brooklyn, NY 11225
(Small publishers with exciting choral arrangements of activist songs
from many cultures with arrangements by Gene Glickman of the New York
Streetsingers and others.)
Ethnomusicology
The Society for Ethnomusicology, Inc.
Univ. of Michigan, 48109.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
(Academic journal for the study of music and culture. The books and essays
are meticulously researched, but not always easy for the non-ethnomusicologist
to relate to. The society hosts regional meetings with very interesting
presentations on the music of many cultures.)
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
P.O. Box 2053
Princeton, NJ 08543-2053
(Exciting videos and films on music from classical to their "Listening
to the Silence, African Cross Rhythms.")
Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA)
P.O. Box 34635
Detroit, MI 48234
313-898-6900
(The GMWA has annual national conventions the second week in August. It
is the largest national gospel music gathering.)
William Grant Still Music,
4 South San Francisco St, Suite 422,
Flagstaff AZ 86001-5737
602/526-9355
(For the music of William Grant Still)
Harvest Christian Bookstore
10328 S. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60643
312-445-3535
(Gospel music)
HaZamir Music Publications
35 Garland Rd.
Newton, MA 02159
http://www.zamir.org
(Jewish choral music by Josh Jacobson, David Burger and others. Highly
recommended.)
Homespun Tapes
Box 694
Woodstock, NY 12498
(How-to tapes and videos on learning folk and jazz instruments. Also contains
tapes on yodeling, singing in harmony as well as Ysaye Maria Barnwell's
exceptional set, Singing in the African American Tradition.)
House of Musical Traditions
7040 Carroll Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
301/270-9090 Tel
800-540-3794 Orders
301/270-3010 Fax
hmtrad@hmtrad.com
(Multicultural instruments, recordings and books.)
KB&T's Music
3022 N. Main Street
Dayton, OH 45405
937-277-3069
http://www.quikpage.com/K/kbtsmusic
Ladyslipper Catalog
P.O. Box 3124-R
Durham, NC 27715.
(Recording and song book distributor for women's music.)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
http://www.mambazo.com/
Ladysmith Black Mambazo is the a cappella South African group led by Joseph
Shabalala who rocketed to world faim after recording on Paul Simon's Graceland
album.
Latin America Music Center
Dr. Carmen Tellez
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/lamc/
Latin American Music Review
University of Texas Press Journals
Box 7819
Austin, TX 78713
(Scholarly articles on the diverse musical traditions of Latin Americans.
Revista de Música Latino Americana.)
Hal Leonard Corporation
7777 W. Bluemound Rd.
P.O. Box 13819
Milwaukee, WI 53213
(Choral music, including some Robert Ray gospel music.)
Lexicon Music Inc.
P.O. Box 2222
Newbury Park, CA 91320
(Gospel choral collections.)
Light and Song Incorporated
P.O. Box 27
Cambridge, MA 02140.
(Annabel Graetz offers a great variety of Balkan and international winter
holiday music.)
Multilingual Christmas Carols
www.ylw.mmtr.or.jp/~johnkoji/hymn/xmas
Multicultural and World Choral Music Home Page
www.emory.edu/CANDLER/arts/multi.htm
Multicultural Media
31 Herbert Rd.
Montpelier, VT 05602
800-550-9675
fax: 802-229-1834
(They sell videos of music and dance from all around the world.)
MUSA (Music of the United States of America):
Mark Clague, Executive Director
Burton Memorial Tower #606
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1270
Phone: 313.647.4580
Fax: 313.647.1897
info@umich.edu
(Associated with the American Musicological Society, they will soon publish
transcriptions of traditional Hawaiin songs, spirituals, and more.)
Musica Russica
27 Willow Lane
Madison, CT 06443
800-326-3132
www.musicarussica.com
(Exciting choral octavos and recordings of all kinds of Russian music
with full phonetic guidance.)
Music For Little People
Box 1460
Redway, CA 95560 (800-246-4445)
(Wonderful children's recordings by Tom Chapin, Sweet Honey in the Rock,
Sally Rogers, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and many others.)
Music from the African-American Community
1998/99 Catalog
Bennick Music Supply, Inc.
3818 South Shepherd Drive
Houston, TX 77098
(800) 835-1900
(713) 523-6311
Fax (713) 522-2629
(Excellent catalog)
Music Romanica (Gabriel Dumitrescu)
P.O. Box 1285
Edmonds, WA 98020-1285
Phone 206-778-5190
Fax 206-778-3484
e-mail gabriel@u.washington.edu
(Eastern European music)
N-Time Music
P.O. Box 29205
Charlotte, NC 28229
704-531-8961
eMail: info@ntimemusic.com
http://www.ntimemusic.com
Since 1996,"N" Time Music has specialized in the distribution of Gospel
Sheet Music, Artist Songbooks, Cassettes & Soundtracks.
North American Native Authors Catalog
The Greenfield Review Press
2 Middle Grove Rd. P.O. Box 308
Greenfield Center, NY 12833
518-583-1440
(Exciting catalog of historical materials, stories, tapes, poetry, and
literature by Native American authors. $1.00)
Nyoni Publishing Co.
P.O. Box 25
Groveton, TX 75845
409-642-2361
(Multicultural choral music with complete dance instructions when needed.
They also publish music for Chaia Marimba Music Co.)
Ongaku No Tomo Sha Corporation
Kagurazaka 6-30
Shinjukuku, Tokyo 162
JAPAN
011 81 3 3235-2111 (fax: 2110)
(They publish a catalog of Japanese choral music. Also look for Kawai
and Zen-on publishers, both in Tokyo.)
Ossian USA
118 Beck Rd.
Loudon, NH 03301-1119
603-783-4383
e-Mail: ossianusa@aol.com
www.ossianusa.com
(Traditional Irish & Scottish Music in Print, Sound & Vision)
Theodore Presser Company
Presser Place
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
215-525-3636
fax: 527-7841
(Music Publishers including extensive choral music. Their Israel Music
Institute features contemporary music from Israel. They are the parent
company for Coronet Press, E. Henry David Music Publishers, Thorpe Music
Publishing Company, the Ongaku No Tomo Sha Corp., Lindsay Music, and many
other publishers from around the world.)
Revels, Inc.
One Kendall Square, Building 600
Cambridge, MA 02139
(They publish wonderful folk songs in book and octavo form. Also many
recordings of their Christmas, Spring and Summer Revel's music.)
Saint Louis African Chorus
P.O. Box 3086
St. Louis, MO 63130-3086
314-862-0250
e-mail: 717023554@Compuserve.com
(Choral/Drama performing group. As part of their goal to teach African
cultures, they publish a newsletter. $1) (director: Fred Onovwerosuoke)
Savgos Music, Jonan Music, Arisav Music, Inc.
1123 Broadway, Suite 507
New York, NY 10010
212-675-3375
(Gospel recordings with accompanying sheet music.)
Selah Press, LTD
92 Grantwood Drive
Amherst, MA 01002
(Publishes the gospel music of Horace Boyer)
Sheet Music Plus
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/a/home.html?id=11630
Sheet music, songbooks or guitar tabs (Gospel)
Sheet Music Unlimited
http://www.sheetmusicu.com/
Sheet Music Unlimited has gone to great lengths to compile one of the
largest databases of Christian sheet music and accompaniment tracks.
Bonia Shur
3101 Clifton Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45220
(Bonia Shur publishes his own Jewish choral compositions and arrangements.
Recommended)
The Soar Corporation
P.O. Box 8606
Albuquerque, NM 87198
505-268-6110
fax: 268-0237
(Distributor of Native American recordings from traditional to Country
Western, New Age, Rock, and Rap.)
The Sparrow Corp.
P.O. Box 5010
Brentwood, TN 37024-5010
(Publisher of gospel choral music with tapes. Highly recommended.)
Tara Publications
29 Derby Ave.
Cedarhurst, NY 11516
800-827-2400
http://www.jewishmusic.com
(Tara publishes hundreds of song books and recordings representing the
great diversity of music within the Jewish tradition. Their catalog is
a must!)
Transcontinental Music Publications
838 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212-249-0100.
(Choral music from many Jewish traditions, both sacred and secular.)
Twin Elm Publishing
1626 Twenty-Seventh Avenue Court
Greeley, CO 80631
303-356-2172
(They publish many wonderful octavos representing the great diversity
of Central American choral music.)
Tyscot, Distributed by
Alexandria House
468 McNally Dr.
Nashville, TN 37211
1-800-877-7732
(Gospel music)
Paul Winter's World of Living Music
P.O Box 72
Litchfield, CT 06759
203-567-8796
fax: 567-4276
(Many recordings and a teachers guide book accompaniment to their recording
Earth: Voices of a Planet that celebrates both the diversity of human
cultures and the natural world around us.)
The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, Inc.
263 West 86th St.
New York, NY 10024
(800) 788-2187
info@westernwind.org (e-mail)
http://www.westernwind.org (web)
(Well known a cappella perfoming group. They publish excellent choral
collections and have many fine recordings. They give wonderful workshops
on a great diversity of ensemble singing styles.)
White Cliffs Media
Lower Village
Gilsum, NH 03448.
800-359-3210
www.musicsource.com/
custom/whitecliffs
(They sell authentic West African and World recordings, books, and instructional
material.)
World Music Institute
49 West 27th St. Suite 810
New York, NY 10001
212-545-7536
(Catalog of recordings on cd and videos of music from all parts of the
earth. Their complete catalog costs a little extra.)
World Music Press
Judith Cook Tucker, publisher
P.O. Box 2565
Danbury, CT 06813-2565
203-748-1131
fax: 203-748-3432
(Judith Cook Tucker publishes excellent song books, tapes, and octavos
of music from many cultures. The books are well researched and written
with the classroom teacher and music specialist in mind. Highly recommended.)
World Music at West, Multicultural Music and Arts Catalog
1208 5th St.
Coralville, IA 52241 (800-397-9378)
(Distributor of many multicultural music resources.)
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Folk Music
Folk-Legacy Records, Inc.
Sharon, CT 06069
(They offer a variety of traditional music recordings.)
Folkways, The Whole Catalog
Smithsonian/Folkways Mail Order
414 Hungerford Dr. Suite 444
Rockville, MD 20850
Fax: 301-443-1819
(Great old and new folk, ethnic, jazz etc. recordings)
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
7777 W. Bluemond Rd.
P.O. Box 13819
Milwaukee, WI 53213
(Octavos and songbooks)
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
4 Industrial Dr.
Pacific, MO 63069-0066
(Songbooks and instructional material.)
Patterson, D. W. (1979). The Shaker Spritual. Princeton: Princeton
University Press.
People's Music Network
Sarah Underhill (Current Executive Head)
RR 1 Box 193
Kerhonksen, NY 12446
(PMN is largely a folksong society with an emphasis on social justice
concerns. There are several folk choruses associated with PMN including
the New York Streetsingers, founded by Pete Seeger and led by Bernardo
Palombo and Gene Glickman. They have two national gatherings every year.)
Sing along MIDIs and lyrics from the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences
www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/musica.htm
SING OUT! The Folksong Magazine
P.O. Box 5253
Bethlehem, PA 18015-5253 (215-865-5366)
(Quarterly folk music magazine. They also publish excellent folksong books
and Rise Up Singing, a song book with tapes, containing over 1,200 very
singable songs. Highly recommended.)
Songs For Peace
P.O. Box 090-312
Brooklyn, NY 11209-0006
718-748-3569
(Periodical by and for activist song writers---most of whom are involved
with the People's Music Network.)
Songs for Scouts and Scouters
www.macscouter.com/songs/index.html
Lyrics including some fun Gross Songs 1 and 2
Volkslieder
http://ingeb.org/folksong.html
Folksongs in English, German and other languages
World Kids Network
http://worldkids.net/entertainment/music/lyrics/kidsongs/lyrics.htm
Pop Lyrics
World Around Songs
Rt. 5 Box 398
Burnsville, NC 28714 (704)675-5343
(Small folk song collections, available since the Fifties, with music
of many cultures appropriate for sing-a-longs with people of all ages.
They have some great collections of rounds and canons.)
YMCA Camp Loowit Campfire Songs
www.backyardgardener.com/loowit/janeellen.html
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Music Education
Alliance Music Publications
3330 Hillcroft, Suite H
Houston, TX 77057
(They offer choral music from Central America.)
Barnwell's Notes Publishing
P.O. Box 32164
Washington, DC 20007
202-625-7870
fax: 202-625-7871
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/ymbarnwell
ymbarnwell@compuserve.com
YMB@IGC.ORG
www.sweethoney.com
(Ysaye Maria Barnwell writes and arranges truly superb choral music, some
of which has been performed by the group she sings with, Sweet Honey in
the Rock.)
Barrett, Janet R., Claire W. McCoy, Kari K. Veblen, Sound Ways of Knowing,
Music in the Interdisciplinary Classroom, New York: Schirmer Books,
1997.
Bennick Music Supply, Inc.
3818 South Shepherd Drive
Houston, TX 77098
800-835-1900
Fax: 713-522-2629
(They have a 44 page catalog of African American music)
Black Sacred Music, A Journal of Theomusicology
Curriculum of African and Afro-American Studies
CB#3395, 401 Alumni Building
Univ. of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3395
(Back issues include info on R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, and
the worshipping church in Africa.)
Brentwood Music, Inc.
One Maryland Farms, Suite 200
Brentwood, TN 37027
(Gospel)
Burleigh Inspirational Music
P.O. Box 16091
Oklahoma City, OK 73113
405-232-7477
(Glenn Edward Burleigh composes demanding and exhilarating gospel music.)
Canyon Records
4143 N. 16th St.
Phoenix, AZ 85016
(Excellent source for Native American recordings, especially Navaho.)
Dekay's House of Music
39 Thrift St.
San Francisco, CA 94112.
(Gospel music distributor, both recordings, octavos, and song books. They
also have how-to books on gospel style piano playing.)
Diadem, Inc.
3310 West End Ave.
Nashville, TN 37203
(Black gospel songbooks and tapes.)
Dove Music
P.O. Box 08286
Milwaukee, WI 53208
(Distributor of world music recordings, videos, song books, and instruments.
They have a good collection of songs in Spanish from many traditions.)
earthsongs
220 NW 29th St.
Corvallis, OR 97330
503-748-5760
(Many excellent octavo compositions and arrangements of music from everywhere.)
Ear To The Ground Publisher
167 Maple St.
Brooklyn, NY 11225
(Small publishers with exciting choral arrangements of activist songs
from many cultures with arrangements by Gene Glickman of the New York
Streetsingers and others.)
Ethnomusicology
The Society for Ethnomusicology, Inc.
Univ. of Michigan, 48109.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
(Academic journal for the study of music and culture. The books and essays
are meticulously researched, but not always easy for the non-ethnomusicologist
to relate to. The society hosts regional meetings with very interesting
presentations on the music of many cultures.)
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
P.O. Box 2053
Princeton, NJ 08543-2053
(Exciting videos and films on music from classical to their "Listening
to the Silence, African Cross Rhythms.")
Freedom Song Network
www.emf.net/~cheetha/gfmark-1.html
Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA)
P.O. Box 34635
Detroit, MI 48234
313-898-6900
(The GMWA has annual national conventions the second week in August. It
is the largest national gospel music gathering.)
William Grant Still Music,
4 South San Francisco St, Suite 422,
Flagstaff AZ 86001-5737
602/526-9355
(For the music of William Grant Still)
Harvest Christian Bookstore
10328 S. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60643
312-445-3535
(Gospel music)
HaZamir Music Publications
35 Garland Rd.
Newton, MA 02159
http://www.zamir.org
(Jewish choral music by Josh Jacobson, David Burger and others. Highly
recommended.)
Homespun Tapes
Box 694
Woodstock, NY 12498
(How-to tapes and videos on learning folk and jazz instruments. Also contains
tapes on yodeling, singing in harmony as well as Ysaye Maria Barnwell's
exceptional set, Singing in the African American Tradition.)
House of Musical Traditions
7040 Carroll Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
301/270-9090 Tel
800-540-3794 Orders
301/270-3010 Fax
hmtrad@hmtrad.com
(Multicultural instruments, recordings and books.)
Ladyslipper Catalog
P.O. Box 3124-R
Durham, NC 27715.
(Recording and song book distributor for women's music.)
Latin America Music Center
Dr. Carmen Tellez
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/lamc/
Latin American Music Review
University of Texas Press Journals
Box 7819
Austin, TX 78713
(Scholarly articles on the diverse musical traditions of Latin Americans.
Revista de Música Latino Americana.)
Hal Leonard Corporation
7777 W. Bluemound Rd.
P.O. Box 13819
Milwaukee, WI 53213
(Choral music, including some Robert Ray gospel music.)
Lexicon Music Inc.
P.O. Box 2222
Newbury Park, CA 91320
(Gospel choral collections.)
Light and Song Incorporated
P.O. Box 27
Cambridge, MA 02140.
(Annabel Graetz offers a great variety of Balkan and international winter
holiday music.)
Multicultural and World Choral Music Home Page
www.emory.edu/CANDLER/arts/multi.htm
Multicultural Media
31 Herbert Rd.
Montpelier, VT 05602
800-550-9675
fax: 802-229-1834
(They sell videos of music and dance from all around the world.)
MUSA (Music of the United States of America):
Mark Clague, Executive Director
Burton Memorial Tower #606
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1270
Phone: 313.647.4580
Fax: 313.647.1897
info@umich.edu
(Associated with the American Musicological Society, they will soon publish
transcriptions of traditional Hawaiin songs, spirituals, and more.)
Musica Russica
27 Willow Lane
Madison, CT 06443
800-326-3132
www.musicarussica.com
(Exciting choral octavos and recordings of all kinds of Russian music
with full phonetic guidance.)
Music For Little People
Box 1460
Redway, CA 95560 (800-246-4445)
(Wonderful children's recordings by Tom Chapin, Sweet Honey in the Rock,
Sally Rogers, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and many others.)
Music from the African-American Community
1998/99 Catalog
Bennick Music Supply, Inc.
3818 South Shepherd Drive
Houston, TX 77098
(800) 835-1900
(713) 523-6311
Fax (713) 522-2629
(Excellent catalog)
Music Romanica (Gabriel Dumitrescu)
P.O. Box 1285
Edmonds, WA 98020-1285
Phone 206-778-5190
Fax 206-778-3484
e-mail gabriel@u.washington.edu
(Eastern European music)
North American Native Authors Catalog
The Greenfield Review Press
2 Middle Grove Rd. P.O. Box 308
Greenfield Center, NY 12833
518-583-1440
(Exciting catalog of historical materials, stories, tapes, poetry, and
literature by Native American authors. $1.00)
Nyoni Publishing Co.
P.O. Box 25
Groveton, TX 75845
409-642-2361
(Multicultural choral music with complete dance instructions when needed.
They also publish music for Chaia Marimba Music Co.)
Ongaku No Tomo Sha Corporation
Kagurazaka 6-30
Shinjukuku, Tokyo 162
JAPAN
011 81 3 3235-2111 (fax: 2110)
(They publish a catalog of Japanese choral music. Also look for Kawai
and Zen-on publishers, both in Tokyo.)
Ossian USA
118 Beck Rd.
Loudon, NH 03301-1119
603-783-4383
e-Mail: ossianusa@aol.com
www.ossianusa.com
(Traditional Irish & Scottish Music in Print, Sound & Vision)
Theodore Presser Company
Presser Place
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
215-525-3636
fax: 527-7841
(Music Publishers including extensive choral music. Their Israel Music
Institute features contemporary music from Israel. They are the parent
company for Coronet Press, E. Henry David Music Publishers, Thorpe Music
Publishing Company, the Ongaku No Tomo Sha Corp., Lindsay Music, and many
other publishers from around the world.)
Revels, Inc.
One Kendall Square, Building 600
Cambridge, MA 02139
(They publish wonderful folk songs in book and octavo form. Also many
recordings of their Christmas, Spring and Summer Revel's music.)
Saint Louis African Chorus
P.O. Box 3086
St. Louis, MO 63130-3086
314-862-0250
e-mail: 717023554@Compuserve.com
(Choral/Drama performing group. As part of their goal to teach African
cultures, they publish a newsletter. $1) (director: Fred Onovwerosuoke)
Savgos Music, Jonan Music, Arisav Music, Inc.
1123 Broadway, Suite 507
New York, NY 10010
212-675-3375
(Gospel recordings with accompanying sheet music.)
Selah Press, LTD
92 Grantwood Drive
Amherst, MA 01002
(Publishes the gospel music of Horace Boyer)
Bonia Shur
3101 Clifton Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45220
(Bonia Shur publishes his own Jewish choral compositions and arrangements.
Recommended)
The Soar Corporation
P.O. Box 8606
Albuquerque, NM 87198
505-268-6110
fax: 268-0237
(Distributor of Native American recordings from traditional to Country
Western, New Age, Rock, and Rap.)
The Sparrow Corp.
P.O. Box 5010
Brentwood, TN 37024-5010
(Publisher of gospel choral music with tapes. Highly recommended.)
Tara Publications
29 Derby Ave.
Cedarhurst, NY 11516
800-827-2400
http://www.jewishmusic.com
(Tara publishes hundreds of song books and recordings representing the
great diversity of music within the Jewish tradition. Their catalog is
a must!)
Transcontinental Music Publications
838 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212-249-0100.
(Choral music from many Jewish traditions, both sacred and secular.)
Twin Elm Publishing
1626 Twenty-Seventh Avenue Court
Greeley, CO 80631
303-356-2172
(They publish many wonderful octavos representing the great diversity
of Central American choral music.)
Tyscot, Distributed by
Alexandria House
468 McNally Dr.
Nashville, TN 37211
1-800-877-7732
(Gospel music)
Paul Winter's World of Living Music
P.O Box 72
Litchfield, CT 06759
203-567-8796
fax: 567-4276
(Many recordings and a teachers guide book accompaniment to their recording
Earth: Voices of a Planet that celebrates both the diversity of human
cultures and the natural world around us.)
The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, Inc.
263 West 86th St.
New York, NY 10024
(800) 788-2187
info@westernwind.org (e-mail)
http://www.westernwind.org (web)
(Well known a cappella perfoming group. They publish excellent choral
collections and have many fine recordings. They give wonderful workshops
on a great diversity of ensemble singing styles.)
White Cliffs Media
Lower Village
Gilsum, NH 03448.
800-359-3210
www.musicsource.com/
custom/whitecliffs
(They sell authentic West African and World recordings, books, and instructional
material.)
World Music Institute
49 West 27th St. Suite 810
New York, NY 10001
212-545-7536
(Catalog of recordings on cd and videos of music from all parts of the
earth. Their complete catalog costs a little extra.)
World Music Press
Judith Cook Tucker, publisher
P.O. Box 2565
Danbury, CT 06813-2565
203-748-1131
fax: 203-748-3432
(Judith Cook Tucker publishes excellent song books, tapes, and octavos
of music from many cultures. The books are well researched and written
with the classroom teacher and music specialist in mind. Highly recommended.)
World Music at West, Multicultural Music and Arts Catalog
1208 5th St.
Coralville, IA 52241 (800-397-9378)
(Distributor of many multicultural music resources.)
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New Paradigm &
Healing Music
Berendt, Joachim-Ernst, and Tim Nevill, trans. 1988. The Third Ear, On
Listening to the Ear. Dorset, England: Element Books Ltd.
(These two books by European jazz artist Berendt have many innovative
ideas about music, sound, and consciousness.)
Bereznak Kenny, Carolyn. 1989. The Field of Play: A Guide for the Theory
and Practice of Music Therapy. Atascadero, CA: Ridgeway Publishing Company,
Box 686, 93423.
(One of the better books on Music Therapy, not to be confused with music
healing. Music Therapy is one of the many creative therapies in the field
of psychology.)
Campbell, Don G. 1983. Introduction to the Musical Brain. Saint Louis,
MI 63132: MMB Music, Inc., 10370 Page Industrial Blvd.
(Don Campbell is one of the leaders in the field of music healing and
music in education.)
Campbell, Don G. ed. 1992. Music and Miracles, A Companion to Music: Physician
for Times to Come. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books.
Campbell, Don G. 1991. Music Physician For Times To Come. Wheaton, IL:
Quest Books.
Campbell, Don G., The Mozart Effect, Tapping the Power of Music to Heal
the Body, Strengthen the Mind, and Unlock the Creative Spirit, New York,
NY: Avon Books, 1997.
(With many useful testimonies on music's many powers.)
Campbell, Don G. 1989. The Roar of Silence, Healing Powers of Breath,
Tone and Music. Wheaton, IL: The Theosophical Publishing House.
(Exercises and meditations intended to improve listening and your awareness
of sound and resonance.)
Diamond, M.D., John. The Life Energy in Music. Valley Cottage, NY: Archaeus
Press, P.O. Drawer 37, 10989.
(Dr. Diamonds theories on life energies are very controversial. He claims
that some music gives us energy and some takes it away.)
Dissanayake, Ellen. 1988. What is Art For? Seattle: University of Washington
Press.
Dissanayake, Ellen. 1992. Homo Aestheticus, Where Art Comes From and Why.
NY: The Free Press.
(Written with a scientists respect for accuracy combining the studies
of anthropology, evolutionary psychiatry, and aesthetics in a fascinating
way. Recommended.)
Dissanayake, Ellen, "Music As A Human Behavior: An Hypothesis Of
Evolutionary Origin And Function." (Los Angeles, CA: Paper presented
at annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolutionary Society, Aug.
16, 1990.)
(Fascinating look at mother/child dialogue as origin of music and speech.)
Flatischler, Reinhard. 1992. The Forgotten Power of Rhythm. Mendicino,
CA: LifeRhythm.
(A New Age way of thinking about rhythm. It makes a powerful connection
between rhythm and life.)
Gardner, Kay. 1990. Sounding the Inner Landscape. Stonington, ME: Caduceus
Publications.
(One of the better books on music healing.)
Gilmor, Timothy M., Paul Madaule, and Billie Thompson, eds. 1989. About
The Tomatis Method. Toronto: The Listening Centre Press.
(On the many uses of the Tomatis Method for healing and for education.
See Tomatis, The Conscious Ear.)
Godwin, Joscelyn, ed. 1987. Music, Mysticism and Magic, A Sourcebook .
NY: Arkana Paperbacks.
(Godwin has studied two thousand years of written records on the powers
of music and edited them into this and other books. As with all mystical
subjects, some truth can be found in it if you are patient.)
Kaner, Etta, Sound Science, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company,
1991.
(40 experiments and activities for young people.)
Karel, Richard. Sept. 6, 1991. "The Halls of Congress Are Alive With
The Sound Of Music." Psychiatric News.
(This is an account of Dr. Oliver Sachs' testimony to Congress on the
importance of music in therapy.)
Lazear, David, 1994. Seven Pathways of Learning, Teaching Students and
Parents about Multiple Intelligences, Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press.
(This and the other Lazear books published by Zephyr make excellent use
of Gardner's approach to the seven intelligences. These books are highly
recommended.)
McClellan Ph.D., Randall, The Healing Forces of Music, History, Theory,
and Practice, Rockport, MA: Element, 1991.
(The most comprehensive cross-cultural book on sound/music healing.)
Nelson, Annabelle, The Learning Wheel, Ideas and Activities for Multicultural
and Holistic Lesson Planning, 1994, Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press.
(An exciting all-encompassing book.)
The Omega Institute
260 Lake Drive
Rhinebeck, NY 12572-3212
800-944-1001
(Omega is conference center that offers workshops by singers from Western
Wind, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, The Bobs, Take
Six, the Drepung Loseling Monks, and Bobby McFerrin. Highly recommended.)
Page, Nick. Sing and Shine On
The Teachers Guide to Multicultural Song Leading. 1995, 88 Post Road West,
PO Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881-5007: Greenwood Publishing Group. 800-793-2154.
(My how-to book also includes a section on why singing is essential for
education. I look at the power of singing from many perspectives.)
Parsons, Alexandra, Sound, (Part of the Make it Work series by Wendy Baker
& Andrew Haslam), Ocala, FL: Action Publishing, 1992.
(Fun collection of children's activities exploring sound. Great photographs.)
Rhythm Entrainment Institute
P.O. Box 1678
Sedona, AZ 86339
reiinst@sedona.net
Sahtouris, Elisabet. 1989. Gaia, The Human Journey From Chaos to Cosmos.
New York: Pocket Books.
(Fascinating story of evolution using the hypothesis that the Earth is
a living planet, not a planet with life on it.)
Scott, Molly. 1983. "The Power of Song." The Songsmith Journal.
Winter Solstice.
(Molly Scott, a singer and educator, is helping to redefine the role of
music in education.)
Swimme, Brian. 1984. The Universe is a Green Dragon, a Cosmic Creation
Story. Santa Fe: Bear & Company.
(Easy to read interpretation of modern physics and how it effects our
way of thinking.)
Tomatis, Alfred A. 1991. The Conscious Ear, My Life of Transformation
Through Listening. Barrytown, NY: Station Hill Press.
(The Tomatis method is controversial, but worth investigating. He believes
that music charges the brain.)
Zephyr Press
3316 N. Chapel Ave.
P.O. Box 66006-P
Tucson, AZ 85728-66006
(Publisher of education guide books dealing with all aspects
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Academic Organizations
American Music
University of Illinois Press
54 East Gregory Dr.
Champaign, IL 61820
(Scholarly journal on the great diversity of North American music.)
Black Sacred Music, A Journal of Theomusicology
Curriculum of African and Afro-American Studies
CB#3395, 401 Alumni Building
Univ. of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3395
(Back issues include info on R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, and
the worshipping church in Africa.)
Early Music America
11421 1/2 Bellflower Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44106
703-525-7550
fax: 908-9207
(Support services for early music musicians.)
Ethnomusicology
The Society for Ethnomusicology, Inc.
Univ. of Michigan, 48109.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
(Academic journal for the study of music and culture. The books and essays
are meticulously researched, but not always easy for the non-ethnomusicologist
to relate to. The society hosts regional meetings with very interesting
presentations on the music of many cultures.)
Indiana University Press
601 N. Morton Street
Bloomington IN
47404-3797
1-800-842-6796
iupress@indiana.edu
(Academic books on many world cultures including some on music.)
The Journal of Musicology
University of California Press, Journals Dept.
2120 Berkeley Way
Berkeley, CA 94720
(Scholarly journal.)
Latin America Music Center
Dr. Carmen Tellez
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/lamc/
Latin American Music Review
University of Texas Press Journals
Box 7819
Austin, TX 78713
(Scholarly articles on the diverse musical traditions of Latin Americans.
Revista de Música Latino Americana.)
The Mambazo Academy of South African Music and Culture
1619 Broadway #540
New York, NY 10019
(Joseph Shabalala, leader of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, founded this organization
dedicated to the preservation of a quickly disappearing musical culture.)
Nineteenth Century Music
University of California Press, Journals Dept.
2120 Berkeley Way
Berkeley, CA 94720
(Scholarly journal.)