Africa

Adzinyah, Abraham Kobena, Dumisani Maraire and Judith Cook Tucker, Let Your Voice Be Heard
Songs from Ghana and Zimbabwe, Danbury, CT, World Music Press. (Tape and book instructional set.)

Amoaku, W.K., 1971. Orff-Schulwerk In The African Tradition, African Songs and Rhythms for Children, A Selection from Ghana, NY: Schott Music Corp.

Barnwell, Ysaye, and George Brandon. 1989.
Singing in the African American Tradition, Choral and Congregational Vocal Music. Woodstock, NY: Homespun Tapes, Ltd. (Six tapes where Ysaye Barnwell teaches the harmonies one part at a time---Her way of keeping the songs within the aural tradition. With great background information. Highly recommended!)

Bender, Wolfgang, 1991. Sweet Mother, Modern African Music, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
(On Afro-Pop and other new music from Africa.)

Berliner, Paul. 1978. The Soul of the Mbira, Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe. Berkeley: University of California Press. (A fascinating look at the thumb piano and the amazing cultural framework behind it. Along with Chernoff's book, African Rhythm and African Sensibility, the book changes the way you think about music.)

Chernoff, John Miller. 1979. African Rhythm and African Sensibility. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. (This book will make you rethink about the purpose of music. Highly recommended.!)

Edey, Edna Smith, ed. 1978, The Griot Sings: Songs From the Black World, NY: Medgar Evers College Press. (Collection of songs---African and African American/North, South and Islands. Out of Print.)

Hamilton, Margaret, ed., 1993, Sing Freedom
Songs of South African Life, London: Novello. (Exciting collection of songs written out SATB. With forward by Desmond Tutu. Highly Recommended.)

Klein, Rosine and Stacia Robbins, 1986, African Folksongs, Children's Songs of Ghana, Teachers Guide. 310 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801: Spoken Arts, Inc. (Recordings for classroom use with accompanying booklets)

Loh, I-to, ed., African Songs of Worship, Geneva, World Council of Churches. (Wonderful sacred chants and hymns from throughout Africa.)

Makeba, Miriam. 1971. The World of African Song. Chicago: Quadrangle Books. (Out of print. Hopefully, it will be published again. Copies can be obtained through inter-library exchanges.)

McLaughlin, Roberta, Folk Songs of Africa, 1993, Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. (with tape)

Meintjes, L. (1990). Paul Simon's Graceland, South Africa, and the mediation of musical meaning. Ethnomusicology 34 (1): 37-73.

Mundy, Philip, Fifty Kenyan Folksongs, Nairobi: Kenya Conservatoire of Music, 1984. (Traditional songs with translations.)

Mutsoli, Manaseh G. and Nathan Corbitt, Four African Hymns, Garland, Texas: Choristers Guild, 1994. CGA-686

NKetia, J.H. Kwabena, 1974. The Music of Africa. New York: Norton. (An invaluable African perspective on African music.)

Nyberg, Anders, ed. FREEDOM IS COMING, Songs of Protest and Praise from South Africa for Mixed Choir. Chapel Hill, NC: Walton Music Corporation. (Book and tape of SATB songs and chants. Great for grades six and up. With words in Zulu and English. Highly recommended!)

Olson, Howard ed., Lead Us Lord: A Collection of African Hymns, Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1977.

Olson Howard ed., Set Free: A Collection of African Hymns, Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1993.

Serwadda, W. Moses, Songs and Stories From Uganda, , Danbury, CT, World Music Press. (Tape and book instructional set with beautiful illustrations.)

Wahome, John Kamenyi, Songs of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya: Jemisik Cultural Books Ltd., 1987. (Traditional songs in the Kikuyu language with translations.)

India, Asian, Polynesia


Anderson, William M. 1975. Teaching Asian Music in Elementary and Secondary Schools, MI: The LeLand Press. (A good introduction with descriptions and illustrations of musical instruments.)

Capwell, Charles, 1986. The Music of the Bauls of Bengal, Kent, OH: Kent State Univ. Press. (The Bauls of Bengal are a religious sect who sing as their major form of communication. They dance a lot too.)

DeWoskin, Kenneth J. 1982. A Song For One or Two, Music and the Concept of Art in Early China. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan. (Academic study of the fascinating connection between music and culture in ancient China.)

Fukuda, Hanako, Favorite Songs of Japanese Children. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred, 1964.

Nguyen, Ph.D., Phong, and Patricia Shehan Campbell, Ph.D., From Rice Paddies and Temple Yards, Traditional Music of Vietnam, Danbury, CT, World Music Press. (Tape and book instructional set.)

Sam, Sam-Ang and Patricia Shehan Campbell, Ph.D., Silent Temples, Songful Ghearts, Traditional Music of Cambodia, , Danbury, CT, World Music Press. (Tape and book instructional set.)

Shankar, Ravi. 1979. Learning Indian Music. Onoma Topoeia, Inc. 170 N E. 33rd St. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33334. (A how-to book and tape guide to learning the Rag and Tal melody and rhythm traditions of India. Advanced material.)

Thrasher, Ph.D., La-Li-Luo Dance Songs of the Chuxiong Yi, Yunnan Province, China, , Danbury, CT, World Music Press. (Tape and book instructional set.)

Europe


Behan, Dominic. 1973. Ireland Sings. NY: Music Sales Corporation. (Political and other songs from Ireland including Behan's The Patriot Game.)

Brass, Mary Cay, Village Harmony, Traditional Songs of the Balkans, R.D. #1, Box 668, Plainfield, VT 05667: Northern Harmony Publishing, 1995. (Great collection of 27 traditional Balkan songs with pronunciation guide.)

Carter, Sydney, Songs of Sydney Carter, 4 volumes, Norfolk, England: Galliard Limited, 1971. (Distributed by Galaxy Music, 2121 Broadway, New York, NY 10023) (Sydney Carter, a Welsh songwriter, wrote "The Lord of the Dance," "Julian of Norwich," "Bell of Creation," and many other wonderful sacred songs.)

Graetz, Annabel. Laduvane Songbook self-published: P.O. Box 27, Cambridge, MA 02140.
(Booklet of octavos with the amazing harmonies and rhythms of the Balkan Peninsula)

Meek, Bill ed., Moon Penny . . . A Collection Of Rhymes, Songs And Play-Verse For And By Children Gathered In Ireland By Bill Meek, Ossian Publications, 21 Iona Green, Cork, Ireland, 1985.

Pohjola, Erkki, Tapiola Sound. Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Walton Music, 1993. (Pohjola is the founder of Finland's astounding Tapiola Choir, combining children's and adult voices singing music from all over.)

Schafer, Andrea, My Harvest Home, A Celebration of Polish Songs, Games, Dances and Customs, , Danbury, CT, World Music Press. (Tape and book instructional set.)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, et. al. eds. 1925 (1985). The Oxford Book of Carols. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Traditional and contemporary English carols---including carols for other parts of the year beside Christmas.)

Jewish Music


Adler, Samuel, ed., Yamim Norain (Days of Awe) Vol. I, Rosh Hashannah & Vol. II, Yom Kippur, New York, NY: Transcontinental Music Publications, 1990. (Transliterated choral settings w/organ. Complete recordings available.)

Eisenstein, Judith Kaplan. 1972. Heritage of Music. NY: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. (Looks at the diversity of folk, classical and sacred music from the many Jewish traditions. With many songs as examples.)

Gold, Ben-Zion. The Harvard Hillel Sabbath Songbook, Boston, MA: David R.Godine, Publisher, Inc. 1992. (300 Mass. Ave. 02115) (Wonderful collection of sacred and secular songs with piano accompaniment.)

Hirschhorn, Linda. 1989. Gather Round, New Hebrew Canons, Rounds and Musical Settings, Cedarhurst, NY: Tara Publications. (Exciting collection, especially for those looking for new and/or feminist songs within the Jewish tradition.)

Hirschhorn, Linda. 1996. The Music of Linda Hirschhorn, More Hebrew Canons, Rounds and Musical Settings, Cedarhurst, NY: Tara Publications. (Her recordings with Vocolot are available from Oyster: Box 3929, Berkeley, CA 94703 or from Tara Publications.)

Jacobson, Joshua. "A Guide to Choral Repertoire in Hebrew." The Choral Journal (Oct. 1979) published by ACDA, American Choral Directors Association.

Jacobson, Joshua. "Choral Music For Chanukah" The Choral Journal (Sept. 1990) published by ACDA

Jacobson, Joshua. "East Meets West" The Choral Journal (May 1993) published by ACDA. (Israeli choral music)

Jagoda, Flory, The Flory Jagoda Songbook, Memories of Sarajevo, Cedarhurst, NY: Tara Publications, 1993. (Exciting Ladino songs, including "Ocho Kandelikas.")

Middle Eastern Music


Monsour, Dr. Sally, Songs Of The Middle East, With Dances, Orff & Percussion Arrangements, & Cultural Information, Miami, FL: Warner Bros. Publications Inc., 1995. (Accessible songs in English, Hebrew, and Arabic)

Latin America


Alscott, Owen, ed., Flor Y Canto, Portland, OR: Oregon Catholic Press Publications, 1989. (5536 NE Hassalo 97213 Available from Dove Music in Milwaukee.) (All Spanish Catholic Hymnal)

Cáceres, Abe, Somos Uno- We Are One, For cross-cultural worship in Spanish-English congregations.

Cantemos
Let's Sing, Milwaukee, WI: Lutheran Human Relations Association of America, n.d. (2703 N. Sherman Blvd. 53210
(Hand written hymns in Spanish and English. Available from Dove Music in Milwaukee)

Delacre, L. (1990). Las Navidades; Popular Christmas Songs From Latin America. New York: Scholastic.

Ebinger, Virginia and N. Nylander, Spanish Songs, Games, and Stories of Childhood, Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press. 1993.

Flor Y Canto. 1989. Portland, OR: Oregon Catholic Press.(Spanish American Hymns. Available from Dove Music.)

Fogelquist, Mark, and Patricia Harpole. 1989. Los Mariachis
An Introduction to the Mariachi Tradition of Mexico, Danbury, CT. World Music Press. (Book and tape.)

Harpole, Ph.D., Patricia and Mark Fogelquist, Los Mariachis
An Introduction to Mexican Mariachi Music, , Danbury, CT, World Music Press. (Tape and book instructional set.)

Kaptain, L. D. (1992). The Wood That Sings: The Marimba In Chiapas, Mexico. Everett, Pa.: HoneyRock

Manuel, P. (1995). Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music From Rumba To Reggae. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Marachin, Jaci ed., Brazilian Songs of Worship, Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1989.

Marre, J. (producer). (1980). Tex-Mex: The Music Of The Texas-Mexican Borderlands [video]. Newton, N.J.: Harcourt Films.

Merman, J. (1960). Amigo Cantando. Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Wide World Music.

Nylander Ebinger, Virginia, Niñez, Spanish Songs, Games, and Stories of Childhood, Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 1993. (Handbook packed with great songs, written out.)

Ober, H. (1994). How Music Came To The World: An Ancient Mexican Myth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin

O'Brien, L.L. (1982). Marimbas of Guatemala: The African connection. The World of Music 25 (2): 99-103.

Olson, D., Sheehy, D., & Perrone, C. (eds.). (1987). Music of Latin America: Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil (study guide for Sounds of the World series). Reston, Va.: Music Educators National Conference

Orozco, Jose-Luis, 1985, Cancionero, Children's Folklore in Spanish, Berkeley, CA: Arcoiris Records. (Excellent collections of Latin American songs with recordings. Available from Dove Music in Milwaukee. Highly recommended.)

Orozco, Jose-Luis, ed. Ill. by Elisa Kleven, De Colores and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Children, New York, NY: Dutton Children's Books, 1994. (Beautifully illustrated collection.)

Pena, M. (1985). The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History Of A Working-Class Music. Austin: University of Texas.

Spicer, Suzanne, Tiemstra, The Choral Music of Latin America: A Guide to Compositions and Research. NY: Greenwood Press. 1992 (An excellent resource. Out of print.)

Vigil, Jose Maria and Angel Torrellas, eds., Misas Centro Americana, (Managua: CAV-CEBES, 1988). With cassette. (Contains the music of three Central American masses: Misa Popular Nicaragnense, Misa Campesina Nicaragnense, and Misa Popular Salvadoreña.)

Villarreal Brennan, Elizabeth, A Singing Wind,Songs and Melodies From Ecuador, , Danbury, CT, World Music Press. (Tape and book instructional set.)

Yurchenco, H. (1967). A Fiesta Of Folk Songs From Spain And Latin America. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

North American (general)

Apple Pie Music: Music of American History, History Of American Music [CD-ROM]. (1994). Blacksburg, Va.: Lintronics Software.

Bronner, Simon J., American Children's Folklore: A Book of Rhymes, Games, Jokes, Stories, Beliefs and Camp Legends, Little Rock, AR: August House, 1988.

Brown, J., & Burns, K. (producers). (1991). Songs of the Civil War [video]. New York: Ginger Group Productions & American Documentaries.

Browne, C.A., The Story of Our National Ballads, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.

Carawan, Guy, and Candie Carawan, 1989. Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? The People of John's Island, South Carolina-Their Faces, Their Words, and Their Songs. Athens: The University of Georgia Press. (Fascinating look at a fascinating culture.)

Carawan, Guy, and Candie Carawan, 1990. Sing for Freedom, The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs. Bethlehem, PA: Sing Out Corporation. (With excellent historical information.)

Chase, Richard, American Folk Tales and Songs, And Other Examples Of English-American Tradition As Preserved In The Appalachian Mountains And Elsewhere In The United States, New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. 1956, 1971. (Classic Collection.)

Cohn, Amy L. From Sea to Shining Sea, A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs., NY: Scholastic Inc.

Cooke, Nym, Awake To Joy
Christmas Carols for Part-Singing, 290 Wine Rd. New Braintree, MA 01531-1604, 508-867-9144. (An amazing collection of mostly early American Christmas music. Send $15, which includes postage, to Nym Cooke at above address for the book.)

Crawford Seeger, Ruth. 1948. American Folk Songs for Children, In Home, School and Nursery School. NY: Doubleday. (A now classic collection of songs with an excellent introduction on the folk song tradition.)

Fowke, Edith, and Joe Glazer, eds. 1960. Songs of Work and Freedom. Garden City, NY: Dolphin Books, Doubleday and Company, Inc. (Now classic collection of songs.)

Get America Singing Again, 45 sing-along songs edited by Will Schmid and MENC (Music Educators Natonal Conference) with a forward by Pete Seeger.) Published by Hal Leonard Corporation.

Glickman, Gene, Arr., Ear To The Ground: Songs of Struggle and Celebration from Four Continents, Brooklyn, NY: Ernest & Gruber, 167 Maple St. 11225, 1994. (Thirteen SATB arrangements of folk songs from several cultures.)

Gordon, Larry, ed., Endless Light, Spiritual Songs From a New Generation of Composers, R.D. #1, P.O. Box 668, Plainfield, VT 05667: Northern Harmony Publishing, 1997. (Wonderful Sacred Harp-style hymns composed by high school students. w/recording)

Gordon, Larry, Anthony G Barrand, Carole Moody Crompton, Northern Harmony, Plain Tunes, Fuging Tunes and Anthems from the Early and Contemporary New England Singing Traditions, R.D. #1, P.O. Box 668, Plainfield, VT 05667: Northern Harmony Publishing, 1995. (Wonderful collection with incredible background information. They also publish a small collection of rounds.)

Haywood, Charles. A Bibliography of North American Folklore and Folksong. New York: Greenberg, 1951. [ML128.F75.H28]

Lomax, Alan. Folk-song style and culture. Washington D. C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science (1968). [ML3545.L63]

Lomax, Alan. American Ballads and Folk Songs. New York, NY: Macmillan Co., 1934. [M1629.L85 A52]

Lomax, John Avery and Alan Lomax, collected, adapted and arranged. Folk Song: U.S.A., the 111 Best American Ballads. New York, NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (c1947). [M1629.L85 F6]

Lyons, Dr. John Henry, Stories of Our American Patriotic Songs, NY: Vanguard Press.

Moyers, Bill, Don Marino, ed., Elena Mannes, Prod. and Dir., Amazing Grace (Video), Public Affairs Television Inc. for WNET New York and WTTW in Chicago. (Video about the hymn "Amazing Grace." It explains the power of the song by looking at its history as well as the diverse cultural traditions that have embraced the song. Recommended)

Ritchie, Jean, 1971. Celebrations of Life, Her Songs...Her Poems. Port Washington, NY: Geordie Music Publishing. (Appalachian folk singer Jean Ritchie's collection of wonderful songs including "Now is the Cool of the Day" and "The Peace Round.")

Seeger, Pete, 1985. Abiyoyo, NY: MacMillan. (This is an illustrated children's story adapted by Pete Seeger. Children can sing-a-long with the song "Abiyoyo" as the book is read to them. Delightful!)

Seeger, Pete, Ed. by Jo Metcalf Schwartz, 1972. The Incomplete Folksinger, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. (Folk singer Pete Seeger's great thoughts on great folk traditions.)

Seeger, Pete, 1993. Where Have All the Flowers Gone, A Singer's Stories, Songs, Seeds, Robberies. Bethlehem, PA: Sing Out Corporation. (Pete Seeger has written an autobiography using his own songs and others as a way of telling his life story. Highly recommended.)

A Shaker Hymnal, A Facsimile Edition of the Hymnal of the Canterbury Shakers, Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1990. (Lewis Hollow Rd. 12498) (Some wonderful old gems.)

Silber, I., & Silverman, J. (1995). Songs of the Civil War. New York: Dover.

Silverman, Jerry, Mel Bay's Immigrant Songbook, Pacific, MO: Mel Bay Publications, Inc. 1992. (Exciting collection of powerful songs.)

Sonneck, O. G. T. (1972) Report on "The Star-Spangled Banner" "Hail Columbia" "America" "Yankee Doodle." New York: Dover Books. (Originally published 1909.)

White, B. F., and E. J. King, eds. (1859) 1991. The Sacred Harp. Broadman Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203. (Exciting early American shape note hymns. The tradition of singing these songs is still alive.)

African American

Allen, William Francis, Charles Pickard Ware and Lucy McKim Garrison. Slave Songs of the United States. New York: P. Smith, 1929 (c1867). [M1670.A42]

Anderson, Robert & Gail North, Gospel Music Encyclopedia. New York: Sterling Publ. Co., 1979 (Dictionaries, Biobibliographies, Discography.) [ISBN 0806901748] [ML102.G6 A5]

Ashley, Bryan. 1984. I'm Going To Sing: Black American Spirituals, vols. 1 & 2. New York: Atheneum. (Ashley's wood block illustrations are superb.)

Baker, David, Lida M. Belt and Herman C. Hudson. The Black Composer Speaks. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1978. [ISBN 081081045X] [ML390.B64]

Barnwell, Ysaye, and George Brandon. 1989. Singing in the African American Tradition, Choral and Congregational Vocal Music. Woodstock, NY: Homespun Tapes, Ltd. (Six tapes where Ysaye Barnwell teaches the harmonies one part at a time---Her way of keeping the songs within the aural tradition. With great background information. Highly recommended!)

Blackwell, Lois S. The Wings of the Dove: The Story of Gospel Music in America. Norfolk, VA: Donning, 1978. [ISBN 0915442507] [ML3111.B6]

Boyer, Horace Clarence. How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel. Washington, DC: Elliot & Clark, 1995. [ISBN 1880216191] [ML3187.B69]

Brooks, Tilford. America's Black Musical Heritage. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984. [ISBN 0130243159] [ML 3556.B76]

Burns, Michael G., Improvisation Aid II, P.O. Box Box 16978, Houston, TX 77222-6978 (For anyone interested in creating Gospel accompaniments.)

Carawan, Guy, and Candie Carawan, 1989. Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? The People of John's Island, South Carolina-Their Faces, Their Words, and Their Songs. Athens: The University of Georgia Press. (Fascinating look at a fascinating culture.)

Carawan, Guy, and Candie Carawan, 1990. Sing for Freedom, The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs. Bethlehem, PA: Sing Out Corporation. (With excellent historical information.)

Chambers, Herbert Arthur. The Treasury of Negro Spirituals. New York: Emerson Books, Inc., 1963 (c1959). (Contains 30 well-know spirituals, arr. for voice and piano, and 6 modern compositions, 2 of which are arranged for male quartet.) [M 1670.C45 T7]

Cleveland, J. Jefferson. Songs of Zion. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1981. (History and keys to interpretation, performance and meaning of hymns, spirituals, and gospel music.) [ISBN 0687391202] [M2127.S65]

Cleveland Public Library. Index to Negro Spirituals. CBMR monographs; no. 3. Foreword Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. Chicago: Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, 1991. [ISBN 0929911024] [ML128.S4 I5]

Collins, Lisa, Gospel Music, 1997 Round-Up, P>O> Box 7274, Culver City, CA 90233-7274, 310-677-6011 (Information on the business of Gospel music. Great resource.)

COMPOSITIONS: ONE by Bernice Johnson Reagon, Washington, DC: Songtalk Publishing Company. (Exciting collection of songs from the group Sweet Honey in the Rock. Available from Ladyslipper Catalog.)

Cone, James H. The Spiritual and the Blues: An Interpretation. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980 (c1972). [ISBN 0313226679] [ML 3556.C66]

Courlander, Harold. A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore. New York: Marlowe & Company, 1976, 1996. [ISBN 1-56924-811-7] [GR102 C68]

Cruz, Jon. Culture on the Margins: the Black Spiritual and the Rise of American Cultural Interpretation. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. [ISBN: 0691004730]

Curtis, M. V., & Cloud, L. V. (1991). The African American spiritual: Traditons and performance practice. Choral Journal 32 (4): 15-22.

Cusic, Don. The Sound of Light: A History of Gospel Music. Bowling Green: Bowling Green Popular Press, 1990. [ISBN 0879724978 (cb), 0879724986 (pb)] [ML 31887.C88]

Davis, Gerald L. I Got the Word in Me and I Can Sing It, You Know: A Study of the Performed African-American Sermon. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvainia Press, 1985. [ISBN 0812279875] [BV4221.D38]

de Lerma, Dominique-René. Bibliography of Black Music. v. 1. Reference Materials--v.2. Afro-American Idioms--v.3. Geographical Studies--v. 4. Theory, Education, and Related Studies. Westport Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1981. [ISBN 0313213402] [ML128.B45 D44]

Dixon, Robert M. W., and John Godrich, comp. Blues & Gospel Records, 1902-1943. Essex: Storyville Publications, 1982. [ISBN 0902391038] [ML156.4.B6 D6]

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt). The Souls of Black Folk. New York: Vintage Books/Library of America, 1990 (c1909). [ISBN 0679601872] [E1815.5.D81]

Edey, Edna Smith, ed. 1978, The Griot Sings: Songs From the Black World, NY: Medgar Evers College Press. (Collection of songs---African and African American/North, South and Islands. Out of Print.)

Epstein, Dena J. Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1977. [ISBN 025005201] [ML 3556.E8]

Floyd, Samuel A. The Power of Black Music: Interpreting its History from Africa to the United States. Oxford University Press, 1995. [ISBN 0195082354] [ML 3556.F65]

Grissom, Mary Allen. The Negro Sings A New Heaven. New York: Dover Publications, 1969. (First published by University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1930.) (Most of the songs included in this volume have been taken directly from the negroes in their present-day worship, and have been selected from those sung in the neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, and certain rural sections in Adair County.) [M 1670.G8 N3]

Harris, Michael W. The Rise of Gospel Blues: The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0195063767] [ML3187.H37]

Heilbut, Anthony. The Gospel Sound; Good News and Bad Times. New York, NY: Limelight Editions, 1997. [ISBN 0879100346]

Jackson, George Pullen. White and Negro Spirituals, Their Life Span and Kinship. (Tracing 200 years of untrammeled song making and singing among our country folk, with 116 songs as sung by both races.) New York: J. J. Augustin, 1943. [ML 3551.J17]

Jackson, Irene V. Afro-American Religious Music: A Bibliography and Catalogue of Gospel Music.Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1979. [ISBN 0313205604] [ML 128.S4 J3]

Jenkins, Ella, Ella Jenkins' This Is Rhythm, Sing Out!, P.O. Box 5253, Bethlehem, PA 18015-0254 (215-865-5366) 1993. (Great collection - There is a recording of the songs and rhymes.)

Jenkins, Ella. 1968. The Ella Jenkins Songbook. NY: Oak Publications. (Great collections of children's songs from around the world adapted by the greatest children's song leader of them all. Highly recommended. Ella Jenkins has many recordings.)

Jones, Arthur C. Wade In The Water: The Wisdom of the Spiritual. Maryknoll, N. Y.: Orbis Books, 1993. [ISBN 0883449234] [ML 3556.J72]

Jones, Bessie, and Bess Lomax Hawes. 1987. Step It Down (Games, Plays, Songs and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. (Great collection for anyone interested in historical accuracy in singing African American children's songs. Also, the songs are great.)

Jones, Bobby and Lesley Sussman. Touched By God: Black Gospel Greats Share Their Stories of Finding God. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc.: 1998. [ISBN 0-671-02002-1]

Johnson, James Weldon, and J. Rosamond Johnson. 1977. The Books of American Negro Spirituals, NY: Da Capo Press, Inc. (Superb collection by the author and composer of Lift Every Voice and Sing.)

Katz, Bernard, Ed. The Social Implications of Early Negro Music In The United States. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1969. [ML 3556.K38]

Latin American Songs, 1992, Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. (Songs in Spanish and English with piano.)

Lead Me, Guide Me, GIA Publications, Inc., 7404 South Mason Avenue, Chicago, IL 60638 Ph: 800/442-1358, 708/496-3800 Fax: 708/496-3828. (Hymnal and service book of African American Catholics. Recording available.)

Learning How To Play Gospel Music, Vols. I and II, 924 N. Dunlap, Memphis, TN 38107: New Musical Concepts. (Videos)

Lloyd, Ruth and Norman Lloyd, comp. The American Heritage Songbook. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1969. (Folk songs and spirituals.) [ISBN 828100241] [M1629.L588]

Lovell, John, Jr. Black Song: The Forge and the Flame; The Story of How the Afro-American Spiritual Was Hammered Out. New York: Macmillan, 1972. Reprint, New York: Paragon House, 1986. [ML 3556.L69]

Kochman, Thomas. 1977. Rappin' and Stylin' Out. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (See also David Toop's The Rap Attack)

Marsh, J. B. T. The Story of the Jubilee Singers, With Their Songs. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1881. Reprinted ed. New York: Negro University Press, 1969 (c1876). [M1670.F4]

Music Educators National Conference. (1991). Teaching The Music Of African Americans. [video]. Reston, Va.

Newman, Richard. Go Down Moses: A Celebration of the African-American Spiritual. New York: Random House, 1998. [ISBN 0-609-60031-1] [ML54.6.N495G6]

Odum, Howard W. and Guy B. Johnson. The Negro and His Songs: A Study of Typical Negro Songs in the South. New York: Negro Universities Press, 1968 (c1925). [ML 3556.O3]

Oliver, Paul. Songsters and Saints: Vocal Traditions on Race Records. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984. [ISBN 0521248272.] [ML3556.0466]

Oliver, Paul, Max Harrison and William Bolcom. The New Grove: Gospel, Blues and Jazz with Spirituals And Ragtime. "Spirituals." (pp. 1-22) Oliver, Paul. "Gospel." (pp. 189-222) Oliver, Paul. New York: Norton, 1986. [ISBN 0393303678 (pb)] [ML 3556.O456]

Peters, Erskine, ed. Lyrics of the Afro-American Spirituals A Documentary Collection. (The Greenwood Encyclopedia Of Black Music). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. [ISBN 0313262381] [ML 54 .6.L96]

Peters, E. (1989). The poetics of the Afro-American spiritual. Black American Literature Forum 23 (3): 559-578.

Ray, Robert, Gospel Mass, 1981, Jenson Publications, Inc. (Six exciting and accessible movements of the Mass. There is a growing movement surrounding this great work. Choruses that have never sung gospel before are learning it. The piano, bass and drum parts are so well written. In addition, these beginning gospel groups are joining with more experienced gospel groups to create exciting local choral festivals.)

Reagon, Bernice Johnson, Compositions: One, P.O. Box 21310, Washington, D.C. 20009: Songtalk Publishing Compony, 1986. (Transcriptions of powerful Sweet Honey In The Rock pieces including "Seven Principles," a song for Kwanza.)

Reagon, Bernice Johnson, ed. 1992. We'll Understand It Better By and By, Pioneering African American Gospel Composers. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. (Along with her Wade in the Water series, this is an excellent guide to traditional gospel music.)

Reagon, Bernice Johnson with Bill Moyers. The Songs Are Free. 58 min. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1997. Videocassette.

Regon, B. J. (compiler & annotator). (1994). African American Spirituals: The Concert Traditon [CD]. Washington, D.C.: smisthsonian/Folkways Records.

Roach, Hildred. Black American Music: Past and Present. Malabar, Fla.: Krieger Pub. Co., 1992. [ISBN 0894645803] [ML3556.R58]

Rogal, Samuel J. Sing Glory and Hallelujah!: Historical and Biographical Guide to Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 Complete. Westposrt, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996. ISBN 0313296901] [M2198.B66 G55]

Sanger, Kerran L. "When the Spirit Says Sing!" The Role of Freedom Songs in the Civil Rights Movement. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995. [ISBN 0815321643] [ML 3556.S26]

Schwerin, Jules Victor. Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. [ISBN 0195071441] [ML420.J17 S4]

Songs of Zion. 1981. Nashville: Abingdon Press. (Manufactured by the Parthenon Press) (Available from Dove Music, see Resource Guide. Fantastic collection of African American Hymns, Spirituals, and Gospel Songs---with historical backgrounds for each style.)

Stanley, Lawrence A., Ed. Rap, The Words to Rap's Greatest Hits. 1992. New York, NY: Penguin Books. (Rap lyrics express the same diversity of thought as all pop songs. This book has it all.)

Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans: A History. New York: Norton & Co., 1997. [ISBN 0393038432] [ML3556.S74]

Southern, Eileen and Josephine, Wright. African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon, Tale, and Dance, 1600-1920: An Annotated Bibliography of Literature, Collections, and Artworks. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990. [ISBN 0313249180] [ML128.B45 S68]

Spencer, Jon Michael. Black Hymnody: A Hymnological History of the African American Church. Knoxville: University Press, 1992. [ISBN 0870497496] [BV 313.S64]

Spencer, Jon Michael. The R. Nathaniel Dett Reader: Essays On Black Sacred Music. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1991. [ML3556.R56]

Spencer, Jon Michael, Sacred Symphony: The Chanted Sermon of the Black Preacher.Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies, No. 111. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1987. [ISBN 0313259992] [BV 4221.S64]

Sweet Honey In The Rock, All For Freedom. 1989. (Recording) Redway, CA: Music For Little People. (Great African and African-American songs for children including Silvie, Cumbayah, Little Red Caboose, Ise Oluwah and others.)

Toop, David. 1984. The Rap Attack, African Jive to New York Hip Hop. Boston, MA: South End Press. (If you know nothing about Rap, read this book. You will definitely respect Rap as an ancient musical tradition. Recommended.)

Trice, Patricia Johnson. Choral Arrangements of the African-American Spirituals: Historical Overview and Annotated Listings. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1998. [ISBN: 031330211]

Turnbull, Walter J. Lift Every Voice: Expecting the Most and Getting the Best From All of God's Children. New York: Hyperion, 1995. [ISBN 0786861644] [ML 422.T]

Wagner, Chris, Slave Songs, Jubilee Hymns, and Spirituals, P.O. Box 14923, Columbus, OH 43214-0923 (khrysso@infinet.com) (http://www.infinet.com/~khrysso/) (This and other collections contain copies of early songs, hyms etc. from a variety of old collections.)

Warren, Gwendolin Sims. Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit: 101 Best-Loved Psalms, Gospel Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the African-American Church. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1997. [ISBN: 0805044108]

White, Evelyn Davidson, ed., Choral Music by African American Composers, A Selected, Annotated Bibliography, London, England: The Scarecrow Press. 1996. (By title, composer, and in convenient chart format.)

Winter, J. (1988). Follow The Drinking Gourd. New York: Knopf.

Wright, Josephine with Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. New Prespectives on Music: Essays in Honor of Eileen Southern. Boyer, Horace Clarence. "Gospel Blues: Origin and History." (pp. 119-147) Braithwaite, J. Roland. "Originality in the 1801 Hymnals of Richard Allen." (pp.71-99) Epstein, Dena J. "The Story of the Jubilee Singers: An Introduction to its Bibliographic History." (pp. 151-162) Shapiro, Anne Dhu. "Black Sacred Song and the Tune Family Concept." (pp. 101-117) Warren, Michigan: Harmonnie Park Press, 1992. [ML 55.S6877]

Work, John W. Jubilee. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1962. [M 1670.W93 J8]

Young, Alan. Woke Me Up This Morning: Black Gospel Singers and the Gospel Life. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, 1997. [ISBN 0878059431 (cb), 087805944X (pb)] [ML394.Y68]

Native American


Ballard, Dr. Louis W. 1973. American Indian Music for the Classroom, Teacher's Guide, Phoenix, Arizona (4143 N. 16th St. 85016): Canyon Records.

Ballard, Dr. Louis W. 1976. The American Indian Sings, Book 1. Santa Fe, NM: New Southwest Music Publications. (Both of these collections are good.)

Burnett, Millie, ed., Dance Down the Rain, Sing Up the Corn, American Indian Chants and Games for Children, 1975, Allison Park, PA Musik Innovations (P.O. Box 1, zip: 15101)

Burton, Bryan. 1993. Moving Within the Circle: Contemporary Native American Music and Dance. Danbury, CT. World Music Press. (Book and tape. Very teacher-friendly. Highly recommended!)

Curtis, Natalie. 1968. The Indian's Book, Songs and Legends of the American Indians. NY: Dover Publications, Inc. (Turn of the century collection of diverse Native American songs. The translations sound very Victorian.)

Goseyun Wilson, Chesley, and Ruth Longcor Harnisch Wilson, Bryan Burton, When The Earth Was Like New, Western Apache Songs and Stories, 1994. (w/ tape or cd) Danbury, CT: World Music Press. (A book that shows great respect to the powerful living legacy of Apache culture.)

Jazz and Popular


Barbershop Arranging Manual, published by SPEBSQSA, 1980. (Everything you'd need to know about arranging barbershop and then some.)

Callahan, Anna, The Collegiate Arranging Manual, Seattle, WA 98107: Angharad Publications, 136 NW Fortieth St., 1995. (Did you know that "Transanging" meant to "convert a song originally played with instrumentation into an a cappella song?")

The Doo-Wop Songbook. NY: Arc Music Corp. and Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, 1989. (Fun collection, piano chords, and vocal only---few harmony parts.)

Frith, S. (1987). Towards An Aesthetic Of Popular Music. In R. Leppert & S. McClary (eds.), Music And Society: The Politics Of Composition, Performance And Reception (pp.133-149). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Kernfeld, B.D. (1995). What To Listen For In Jazz. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press.

The King's Singers Ensemble Singing Collection, Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard, 1995. (One of several King's Singers collections, this one with world, classical, folk, and pop material.)

Lipsitz, G. (1994). Dangerous Crossroads: Popular Music, Postmodernism And The Poetics Of Place. New York: Verso

Marre, Jeremy, and Hannah Charlton. 1985. Beats of the Heart, Popular Music of the World. New York: Pantheon Books. (Books and videos. Excellent look at many styles of music ranging from Pentecostal Preachers in Appalachia to the excellent Beats of Resistance, on the Pop music of South Africa. Recommended.)

Python Productions, Inc., The Fairly Incomplete and Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book, 1994, New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers. (95% of these songs cannot be sung with children, but the silliness of "The Galaxy Song" and a few others is irresistible.)

Raugh, Anne and Deke Sharon, Arr., Contemporary A cappella Songbook, Vol I, P.O. Box 8178, Tyler, TX 75711-8178: Voices Music Publishing, 1995. (Great SATB rock and R&B arrangements)

Stanley, Lawrence A., Ed. Rap, The Words to Rap's Greatest Hits. 1992. New York, NY: Penguin Books. (Rap lyrics express the same diversity of thought as all pop songs. This book has it all.)

Stoloff, Bob, Scat
Vocal Improvisation Techniques, Brooklyn, NY: Gerard and Sarzin Publishing Co. (146 Bergen St. Brooklyn, NY 11217) (w/cd)

Stoloff, Bob, Vocal Improvisation in the Be-Bop Idiom ($18 w/postage) and Vocal Drum Grooves ($13 w/postage) Write to Bob Stoloff, 34 Broffi Circle, Framingham, MA 01701 (If you are into a cappella jazz singing, these exercise books by Berklee College's vocal jazz professor are a must.)

Szabo, Burt, ed., Heritage of Harmony Songbook, Kenosha, WI: Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, 1988. (The classic old Barbershop arrangements.)

Folk Music


Axelrod, Alan, Songs of the Wild West, NY: Simon & Schuster.

Blood-Patterson, Peter, ed. 1988. Rise Up Singing. Bethlehem, PA: A Sing Out Publication, PO Box 5253, 18015. (The best collection of folk song lyrics around. Tapes available.)

Crawford Seeger, Ruth. 1948. American Folk Songs for Children, In Home, School and Nursery School. NY: Doubleday. (A now classic collection of songs with an excellent introduction on the folk song tradition.)

Dittberner, Larry, Songs For Earthlings, 293 Superior St., St. Paul, MN 55102 (Contains "Yea, O God, You Are Our Mother," and many other accessible rounds and songs.)

Fowke, Edith, and Joe Glazer, eds. 1960. Songs of Work and Freedom. Garden City, NY: Dolphin Books, Doubleday and Company, Inc. (Now classic collection of songs.)

Fulton, Eleanor and Pat Smith, Let's Slice the Ice, St. Louis: Magnamusic-Baton, 1978. (Song games for children)

Fuoco-Lawson,Gloria, Street Games. London: Schott, 1992.

Jenkins, Ella. 1968. The Ella Jenkins Songbook. NY: Oak Publications. (Great collections of children's songs from around the world adapted by the greatest children's song leader of them all. Highly recommended. Ella Jenkins has many recordings.)

Langstaff, John, A Revels Garland of Songs, In Celebration of Spring, Summer, and Autumn, Cambridge, MA: Revels, Inc. 1996. (English and North American processionals, carols, rounds, pub songs, ritual songs, children's songs, and street cries with piano accompaniment. Wonderful!)

Langstaff, Nancy, and John Langstaff, eds. 1985. The Christmas Revels Songbook, In Celebration of the Winter Solstice. Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc. 306 Dartmouth St. 02116. (Includes Wassail songs and other non-Christmas seasonal songs.)

Langstaff, Nancy, and John Langstaff, eds 1978, 1986. Sally Go Round The Moon, And Other Revels Songs and Singing Games for Young Children. Cambridge, MA: Revels Publications. (Creative collections of fun songs. Revels also sells recordings of English ritual music from many seasons as well as a collection of sea chanteys.)

Perinchief, Robert, Honor Your Partner Songs, Perry Innovations, Inc., P.O. Box 395, Silver Springs, FL 34489, 1-800-527-2966 (A fine collection of partner songs, two or more songs that can be sung at the same time.)

Ritchie, Jean, 1971. Celebrations of Life, Her Songs...Her Poems. Port Washington, NY: Geordie Music Publishing. (Appalachian folk singer Jean Ritchie's collection of wonderful songs including "Now is the Cool of the Day" and "The Peace Round.")

Seeger, Pete, 1985. Abiyoyo, NY: MacMillan. (This is an illustrated children's story adapted by Pete Seeger. Children can sing-a-long with the song "Abiyoyo" as the book is read to them. Delightful!)

Seeger, Pete, Ed. by Jo Metcalf Schwartz, 1972. The Incomplete Folksinger, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. (Folk singer Pete Seeger's great thoughts on great folk traditions.)

Seeger, Pete, 1993. Where Have All the Flowers Gone, A Singer's Stories, Songs, Seeds, Robberies. Bethlehem, PA: Sing Out Corporation. (Pete Seeger has written an autobiography using his own songs and others as a way of telling his life story. Highly recommended.)

Staines, Bill. 1980. If I Were a Word, Then I'd Be a Song., Sharon, CT: Folk- Legacy Records, Inc. 06069. (Contemporary folk songs like All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir, and River. Edited by Will Schmidt, past president of MENC))

Toelken, Barre. Morning Dew and Roses: Nuance, Metaphor, and Meaning In Folksongs. Urbana:University of Illinois Press, 1995. [ISBN 0252021347] [PN1341.T64]

Weber, Sol, ed., Rounds Galore
Captivating Rounds, Old and New. 1994. Distributed by Sing Out Corporation or from Sol "Roundman" Weber, 25-14 37th St., Astoria, NY 11103-4228 (The best collection of rounds. Recommended. An "Informal Set" collection of rounds as well as a cd/tape of rounds are available.)

Children's Music


Ashley, Bryan. 1984. I'm Going To Sing: Black American Spirituals, vols. 1 & 2. New York: Atheneum. (Ashley's wood block illustrations are superb.)

Bronner, Simon J., American Children's Folklore: A Book of Rhymes, Games, Jokes, Stories, Beliefs and Camp Legends, Little Rock, AR: August House, 1988.

Burton, Bryan. 1993. Moving Within the Circle: Contemporary Native American Music and Dance. Danbury, CT. World Music Press. (Book and tape. Very teacher-friendly. Highly recommended!)

Crawford Seeger, Ruth. 1948. American Folk Songs for Children, In Home, School and Nursery School. NY: Doubleday. (A now classic collection of songs with an excellent introduction on the folk song tradition.)

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)

Fulton, Eleanor and Pat Smith, Let's Slice the Ice, St. Louis: Magnamusic-Baton, 1978. (Song games for children)

Jenkins, Ella. 1968. The Ella Jenkins Songbook. NY: Oak Publications. (Great collections of children's songs from around the world adapted by the greatest children's song leader of them all. Highly recommended. Ella Jenkins has many recordings.)

Jones, Bessie, and Bess Lomax Hawes. 1987. Step It Down (Games, Plays, Songs and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. (Great collection for anyone interested in historical accuracy in singing African American children's songs. Also, the songs are great.)

Kodály Center of America, 15 Denton Rd., Wellesley, MA 02181-6404, 617-235-8784 (Books, music, and info on The Kodaly music education approach.)

Langstaff, Nancy, and John Langstaff, eds 1978, 1986. Sally Go Round The Moon, And Other Revels Songs and Singing Games for Young Children. Cambridge, MA: Revels Publications. (Creative collections of fun songs. Revels also sells recordings of English ritual music from many seasons as well as a collection of sea chanteys.)

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 directoers library.)

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.)

Nash, Grace C. and Janice Rapley. Music in the Making: Optimal Learning in Speech, Song, Instrument Instruction and Movement for Grades K-4. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing Co., 1990. (Grace Nash revolutionized music education during the fifties and sixties. Her books on counting and reading rhythm games are excellent for the classroom teacher.)

Nelson, Esther L., Singing and Dancing Games For The Young, New York, NY: Sterling Publishing, 1977. (Great collection with movement instructions)

Okum, Milton, ed., 1993, The Giant Book of Children's Songs, Cherry Lane Music Company, P.O. Box 430, Port Chester, NY 10573 (276 old favorites by catagory)

Rohrbough, ed. Handy Play Party Book, World Around Songs, Rt. 5, Box 398, Burnsville, NC 28714, 1940, 1982. (Wonderful collection of game-songs)

Seeger, Pete, 1985. Abiyoyo, NY: MacMillan. (This is an illustrated children's story adapted by Pete Seeger. Children can sing-a-long with the song "Abiyoyo" as the book is read to them. Delightful!)

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.)

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 Press, 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.)

Multicultural


Anderson, William M. and Patricia Shehan Campbell, eds. 1989. Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education, Reston, VA: The Music Educators National Conference (MENC). (A good introduction.)

Bakke, Corean ed., Aleluya: Let the WholeWorld Sing,, Chicago: Cornerstone Press Chicago, 1994

Banks, James, 1989. Multicultural Education: Issues and Perceptions, Boston: Allyn and Bacon. (Along with the Sleeter and Grant book, Making Choices for Multi-Cultural Education, this is an excellent book for understanding the issues of multiculturalism in education. Recommended.)

"Becoming Human Through Music, The Wesleyan Symposium on the Perspectives of Social Anthropology in the Teaching and Learning of Music", 1985. At Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, 8/6-8/84, Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference (MENC). (These articles offer an excellent argument for multiculturalism in music education. The link between music and cultural identity is made very well. Recommended.)

Bell, John ed., Many and Great: Songs of the World Church, Vol. I, Chicago: GIA Pub., Inc., North American Ed., 1990. (From the Iona Community. 25 sacred songs from 16 countries. Recording available.)

Bell, John ed., Sent by the Lord: Songs of the World Church, Vol. II, Chicago: GIA Pub, Inc., North American Ed., 1992

Blacking, John, 1973. How Musical Is Man? Seattle: University of Washington Press. (Out of print, but for educators interested in the issue of how music is taught in diverse cultures, this book is well worth the search.)

Blackwood, A. (1991). Music: The Illustrated Guide To Music Around The World From Its Origins To The Present Day. New York: Mallard.

Bragaw, Don and W. Scott Thomson, eds. 1992. Multicultural Education, A Global Approach, NY: The American Forum for Global Education, 45 John Street, Suite 908, NY, 10038.

Broughton, S., Ellingham, M., Muddyman, D., & Trillo, R. (eds.). (1994). World Music: The Rough Guide. London: Penguin

Cech, Maureen, Globalchild, Multicultural Resources for Young Children, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1991. (Available from Zephyr.) (Exciting activities including music, movement, art, food and more.)

A CIRCLE IS CAST. Cambridge, MA: Libana, Inc. (Songbook and tape by Boston based women's chorus, LIBANA. Contains great chants from many traditions. Also: Fire Within. Both available from Ladyslipper Catalog.)

Clyde, Arthur C. ed., The New Century Hymnal, Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 1995, United Church of Christ.

Copland Davidson, Marilyn, ed. The Music of Paul Winter, Earth: Voices of a Planet, a Teacher's Guide. 1994. Miami, FL: CPP/Belwin, Inc. (A curriculum using the Paul Winter recording, Voices of a Planet that intergrates multicultural and environmental issues.)

East, Helen, The Singing Sack: Twenty-eight Song-Stories from Around the World. London: A & C Black, 1989. (Available from World Music at West)

Feld, Steven. 1982. Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression, N. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. (Like many ethnomusicological books, this book makes you redefine music.)

Emily, R. ed., Psalter Hymnal, Grand Rapids: CRC Publications, 1987, Christian Reformed Church.

Fulton, Eleanor and Pat Smith, Let's Slice the Ice, St. Louis: Magnamusic-Baton, 1978. (Song games for children)

George, Luvenia A., Teaching the Music of Six Different Cultures, Danbury, CT: World Music Press. 1987. (Africa, African-American, Native American, Jewish, Hawaiian, and Puerto Rican music.)

Glickman, Gene, Arr., Ear To The Ground: Songs of Struggle and Celebration from Four Continents, Brooklyn, NY: Ernest & Gruber, 167 Maple St. 11225, 1994. (Thirteen SATB arrangements of folk songs from several cultures.)

"Growing Up Complete: The Imperative for Music Education." 1991. The Report of The National Commission of Music Education (MENC), 1902 Association Drive, Reston, VA 22091. (Excellent collection of essays, many related to how children in cultures around the world learn about music. the essays then ask the obvious question, "If it works for others, will it work for us?"

Hart, Mickey, and Fredric Lieberman. 1991. Planet Drum, A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm. San Francisco: Harper Collins. (Like Hart's other book, Drumming at the Edge of Magic, this is a look at drumming from a planetary perspective. Planet Drum examines the geographical and historical side of drumming.)

Hood, Mantle. The Ethnomusicologist, Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, 1982. (Mantle Hood has been an innovator in the field of ethnomusicology, the study of music and culture. w/recordings.)

Ito-Lo, ed. Hymns of the Four Winds, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1983. East Asian hymns in English.

Jeffers, Ron, ed.Translations and Annotations of Choral Repertoire, vol. I. "Sacred Latin Texts." Corvallis, OR: Earthsongs, 1988.

Kealoha, Anna. 1989. Songs of the Earth, African, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu/Indian, Islamic/Sufi, Jewish/Hebrew, Native American, Neoteric & Others. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts. (Out of print. Great diversity of songs and chants.)

Keeling, Richard, ed. 1989. Women in North American Indian Music: Six Essays. Bloomington, IN: The Society for Ethnomusicology. (Some refreshing perspectives.)

The King's Singers Ensemble Singing Collection, Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard, 1995. (One of several King's Singers collections, this one with world, classical, folk, and pop material.)

Lomax, Alan, Folk Song Style and Culture, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, (1968) 1994. (A theoretical treatise arguing that there is a correlation between the music/dance that a culture creates and the behavioral traits of that culture---the basics of cantometrics.)

"Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge, When Native Cultures Disappear, So Does a Trove of Scientific and Medical Wisdom." Time: 9/23/91: 46--56. (Time magazine's look at a sad Global phenomenon.)

Makeever, Ray, Open the Door: Songs for Liturgy and Liberation, (58 Biblically based songs with a vision for a more multicultural and inclusive church. Hymns, solos, children's songs and more.)

Manuel, P. (1988). Popular Music Of The Non-Western World: An Introductory Survey. New York: Oxford University Press.

Marks, Kate, Circle of Song, Songs, Chants, and Dances for Ritual and Celebration, P.O Box 428, Amherst, MA 01004, Full Circle Press, 1993. (Accessible spiritual chants from many traditions.)

Marre, Jeremy, and Hannah Charlton. 1985. Beats of the Heart, Popular Music of the World. New York: Pantheon Books. (Books and videos. Excellent look at many styles of music ranging from Pentecostal Preachers in Appalachia to the excellent Beats of Resistance, on the Pop music of South Africa. Recommended.)

May, Elizabeth, ed. 1980. Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction . Berkeley: University of California Press. (A good intro.)

McDade, Carolyn, This Tough Spun Web, Songs of Global Struggle and Solidarity, Songs of Carolyn McDade, Womancenter at Plainville, 76 Everett Skinner Rd. Plainville, MA 02762. (Freedom songs from around the world and by Carolyn McDade.)

McKim, LindaJo ed., The Presbyterian (U.S.A.) Hymnal, Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1990.

Menuhin, Yehudi, and Curtis W. Davis. 1979. The Music of Man. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc. (Exciting book and video series. Menuhin, the classical violinist, discusses music from many cultures. Recommended.)

Merriam, Alan P. 1964. The Anthropology of Music, Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. (Merriam sets out an outline for examining the music of all cultures.)

Middleton, Julie Forrest, ed., Songs For Earthlings: A Green Spirituality Songbook, Philadelphia, PA: Emerald Earth Publishing, 1998. (Almost 400 pages of Pagan and Earth-centered songs and chants with resource info and index.)

Montfort, Matthew, Ancient Traditions - Future Possibilities, Rhythmic Training Through the Traditions of Africa, Bali and India. 1985, Mill Valley, CA: Panoramic Press. (For music teachers ready for the fun challenge of using world rhythms to teach classroom music.)

Multicultural Resources for Arts Education, June 1989, Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education, 5701 Normandale Rd. Suite 244, Minneapolis, MN 55424, 612-920-9002.

Myers, Helen, ed. Ethnomusicology, An Introduction. 1992. NY: W.W. Norton & Company. (The companion book is Ethnomusicology, Historical and Regional Studies. These two books contain current articles on the field of ethnomusicology, including some in-depth resource material---see Part III of my resource guide.)

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Ed. by Stanley Sadie. 1988. London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (An extraordinary multi-volume resource on all music from almost all cultures.)

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.)

Page, Nick, 1995. Music As A Way of Knowing Stenhouse Publishing, P.O. Box 360, York, ME 03909, 207-363-9198, 800-988-9812, fax: 207-363-9730. (This book is part of a series dedicated to the integration of the arts into the classroom--how to teach science, history etc. using music.)

Palmer, A. J. (1992). World musics in music education: The matter of authenticity. International Journal of Music Education 19: 32-40.

Parker, Alice. 1976. Creative Hymn Singing. Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music, Inc. P.O. Box 470, 27514.

Parker, Alice. 1991. Melodious Accord, Good Singing in Church. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1800 N. Hermitage Ave. 60622. (These two books by composer Alice Parker need to be read by every church musician or anyone interested in how to breath new life into old music.)

Peacock, David and Geoff Weaver, Eds., World Praise: Combined Music Edition, HarperCollins/Marshall Pickering, 1995. Baptist World Alliance. ISBN 0551 02956 back

Ramsier, Paul, ed. 1976. Games Children Sing Around The World, Twelve Singing Games from Twelve Countries. Miami, FL: Belwin, Inc. (15800 N.W. 48th Avenue, 33014). (Available from World Music West.) (Book and tape with good explanations.)

Rao, Doreen, We Will Sing
Choral Music Experience for Classroom Choirs. NY: Boosey & Hawkes, 1993. (Excellent step by step curriculum guide for elementary school choral directors.)

Rhythms From Around The World
Website: www.ancient-future.com.africa.html (World rhythm training manual on African polyrhythms)

Robbins, Clive and Carol, Music for the Hearing impaired, ($24.95) 1980. (Includes singing, playing, music reading, movement and more. Available from West Music #42672)

Rounds For Children, 1986. NY: Amsco Publications. (Good collection of rounds for grades K-6)

Routley, Erik ed. Cantate Domino: An Ecumenical Hymn Book,, Published on behalf of the World Council of Churches by Oxford University Press, 1980.

Scholes, P. A. (1970). The Oxford Companion To Music. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.

Seeger, A. (1994). Whoever We Are Today, We Can Sing You A Song About It. In G. Béhague (ed.), Music And Black Ethnicity: Carribbean And South America. Miami, Fla.: University of Miami North South Center.

Seeger, A. (1991). When Music Makes History. In S. Blum, P.V. Bohlmna, & D. M. Newman (eds.), Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

Shehan Campbell, Patricia, Lessons From the World, New York, NY: Schirmer Books, 1991. (ISBN 0-020872361-9) (Multicultural resources on teaching music)

Shehan Campbell, Patricia, ed. Music In Cultural Context, Eight Views on World Music Education, Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference (MENC) 1996. (Excellent series on music from diverse cultures.)

Shehan Campbell, Patricia, Ellen McCullough-Brabson, Judith Cook Tucker, 1994. Roots & Branches, A Legacy of Multicultural Music for Children, Danbury, CT: World Music Press. (A must book and tape or cd for any classroom teacher who wants to teach songs of many cultures. Highly recommended!)

Silverman, Jerry, Mel Bay's Immigrant Songbook, Pacific, MO: Mel Bay Publications, Inc. 1992. (Exciting collection of powerful songs.)

Singing the Living Tradition, Boston: Beacon Press, 1993. Unitarian Universalist hymnal.

Sleeter, Christine E., and Carl A. Grant. 1988. Making Choices for Multi-Cultural Education: Five Approaches to Race, Class, and Gender. Columbus: Merrill Publishing Co. (Along with James Banks Multicultural Education, this is an excellent book on contemporary issues in multicultural education. Highly recommended.)

Shaw, Arnold. Dictionary of American Pop/Rock: Pop, Rhythm & Blues, Folk, Country, Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Films, Musical Theater, Recording & Music Business. New York; Schirmer Books, 1982. [ISBN 0028723600] [ML102.P66 S5]

Slobin, M. (1993). Subcultural Sounds: Micromusics of the West. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England.

Slough, Rebecca ed., Hymnal: A Worship Book, Elgin, Illinois: Brethren Press, 1992. Church of the Brethren, General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church in North America.

Swanwick, K. (1994). Authenticity And The Reality Of Musical Experience. In H. Lees (ed.), Musical Connections: Tradition and Change. Proceedings of the Twenty-First ISME Conference, Tampa, Fla., pp. 215-226.

Teason, Debbie with Gage Averill and Pandamonium Steel Band, Pandemonium Rules, Steel Band Ensembles For Orff Instruments, Danbury, CT, World Music Press. (Caribbean Book and Tape instructional set.)

Wenner, E., and Elizabeth Freilicher. 1987. Here's To The Women, 100 Songs For and About Women. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. (A collection with a lot of historical background. Available from Ladyslipper Catalog.)

World Music, The Rough Guide, Salsa to Soukous, Cajun to Calypso, 1994, New York, NY: Penguin Books. (Reviews of thousands of recordings from everywhere on the planet. Not scholarly, sometimes trendy, but always interesting.)

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