Bibliography of Black Music, Volume 3: Geographical Studies

(Hardback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

Product information not available.

Reviews

Contains over 5,000 references to studies of black music in Africa and the New World. The entries are organized into four geographical sections: Africa, the Caribbean, the Southern Americas, and the Northern Americas. Within each section items are listed by country or state, preceded by items on the area in general....Two indexes are provided: an author index and an index of African Culture Groups, directing the reader to the appropriate country listings for a given tribal name....this is an important addition to earlier bibliographies of African music, which DeLerma advises should also be consulted: Varley (1936), Merriam (1951), Thieme (1964), Gaskin (1965), Laade (1971), and (on Afro-American music) Szwed and Whitten (1978).-Choice
"Contains over 5,000 references to studies of black music in Africa and the New World. The entries are organized into four geographical sections: Africa, the Caribbean, the Southern Americas, and the Northern Americas. Within each section items are listed by country or state, preceded by items on the area in general....Two indexes are provided: an author index and an index of African Culture Groups, directing the reader to the appropriate country listings for a given tribal name....this is an important addition to earlier bibliographies of African music, which DeLerma advises should also be consulted: Varley (1936), Merriam (1951), Thieme (1964), Gaskin (1965), Laade (1971), and (on Afro-American music) Szwed and Whitten (1978)."-Choice

Author Bio

Lerma /f Dominique-Rene