Music in the United States *
The Music Genre Guides are designed for use by music faculty and students. Included in these guides are lists of call number ranges and subject headings for browsing/accessing books, journals, scores, and audio/visual recordings on different aspects of each genre. Online resources such as links to notable professional organizations and commonly used web sites and blogs are also included.
BROWSING AND CATALOG SEARCHING BY CALL NUMBER RANGES
Call Numbers
- ML1 United States periodicals
- ML13-18 United States directories
- ML106.U3-U4 United States bio-bibliographies
- ML120.U United States bibliographies
- ML198 General history and criticism of American music
- ML200 United States music history
- ML3551-3561 National U. S. music
- MT4 History and criticism of musical instruments and study in the U. S.
Subject Headings
GENERAL
- FOLK MUSIC--UNITED STATES
- FOLK SONGS, ENGLISH--UNITED STATES
- MUSIC--UNITED STATES
- MUSICIANS--UNITED STATES
ETHNIC
- AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS
- AFRICAN AMERICANS--MUSIC
- INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--MUSIC
- MUSICIANS, BLACK
REGIONAL
- APPALACHIAN REGION
- CAJUN MUSIC
- DIXIELAND MUSIC
- FOLK MUSIC--[By state]
- FOLK MUSIC--APPALACHIAN REGION, SOUTHERN
- FOLK SONGS, ENGLISH--[By state]
- FOLK SONGS, ENGLISH--SOUTHERN STATES
- IRISH AMERICANS--MUSIC --HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- MUSICIANS, CAJUN
- ZYDECO MUSIC
TOPICAL
- BLUEGRASS MUSIC
- BLUES (MUSIC)
- COUNTRY MUSIC
- COWBOYS--SONGS AND MUSIC
- JAZZ
- JAZZ MUSICIANS
- MUSICALS
- POPULAR MUSIC
- ROCK MUSIC
- ROCK MUSICIANS
- SOUL MUSIC
PRINT RESOURCES (in the Reference Room)
Reference Books
Bibliographies
Ref ML120.U5 H6
Hixon, D. Music in Early America. 1970.
Ref ML120.U5 H7
Horn, D. The Literature of American Music. 1977.
Ref ML120.U5 R47
Krummel, D. Resources of American Music History. 1981.
Ref ML128.C4 D78 1999
Drucker, A. American Piano Trios: A Resource Guide. 1999.
Ref ML128.C48 O77 1999
Orr, N. Choral Music in Nineteenth-Century America: A Guide to the Sources. 1999.
Ref ML128.V7 H67 1986
Hovland, M. Musical Settings of American Poetry. 1986.
Ref ML128.W7 B6
Block & Neuls-Bates. Women in American Music: A Bibliography of Music and Literature. 1979.
Ref ML128.W7 C74 2002
Crew, D. Suffragist Sheet Music. 2002.
Ref ML156.4.F5 M43 2002
Meade, G. Country Music Sources: A Biblio-Discography of Commercially Recorded Traditional Music. 2002.
Biographical Dictonaries
Ref ML102.S67 E5 2005 v. 1-2
Marco, G. Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States. 2005.
Ref ML105 .F53 2002
Ficher, Miguel. Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. 2002.
Ref ML105 .I39 1982
Clifford, M. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Black Music. 1982.
Ref ML105.S67
Southern, E. Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. 1982.
Ref ML106.U3 B73 1999
Bromberger, E. Brainard's Biographies of American Musicians. 1999.
Ref ML106.U3 B87 2005
Butterworth, Neil. Dictionary of American Classical Composers. 2005.
Ref ML106.U3 G73 1993
Grattan, V. American Women Songwriters. 1993.
Ref ML106.U3 V114 2000
Vaché, W. The Unsung Songwriters: America's Masters of Melody. 2000.
Discographies
Ref ML128.M7 M3 2000
McCarty, C. Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970. 2000.
Ref ML128.M78 S86 2000
Suskin, S. Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers. 2000.
Ref ML128.P63 J37 2002
Jasen, D. A Century of American Popular Music: 2000 Best-Loved and Remembered Songs (1899-1999). 2002.
Ref ML156.9.D38
Davis, E. Index to the New World Recorded Anthology of American Music: A User's Guide to the Initial One Hundred Record. 1981.
Encyclopedias
ML82.W625 2002
Burns, K. Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia. 2002.
Ref ML100.J28
Jablonski, E. Encyclopedia of American Music. 1981.
Ref ML101.U6 N48 1986b
Hitchcock, H. New Grove Dictionary of American Music. 1986.
Ref ML102.C7 E54 1998
Kingbury, P. The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music. 1998.
Ref ML102.F66 S74 2001
Stambler, I. Folk and Blues: The Encyclopedia. 2001.
Ref ML102.M68 H57 1999
Hischak, T. The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia. 1999.
Ref ML102 .P66 J37 2003
Jasen, D.A. Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song. 2003.
Ref ML102.P66 R67 2000
Rosalsky, M. Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and Doo Wop Vocal Groups. 2000.
History
Ref ML106.U3 W2 2000
Warner, J. The Da Capo Book of American
Singing Groups: A History, 1940-1990. 2000.
Ref ML161.G53 Ser.4
Gleason, H. 20th Century American Composers.
1980.
Ref ML200.G95 1984
Gusikoff, L. A Guide to Musical America.
1984.
Ref ML200.H15 1996
Hall, C. A Chronicle of American Music,
1700-1995. 1996.
Ref ML200.5.T35
Tawa, N. Mainstream Music of Early Twentieth
Century America: The Composers, Their Times, and Their Works.
1992
Ref ML106.U3 A6 1982
Anderson, R. Contemporary American Composers.
1982.
Ref ML3551.A53 2002
Titon, J. American Musical Traditions.
2002.
Ref ML3790.M84 2001
Halloran, M. The Musician's Business &
Legal Guide. 2001.
Ref ML3790.S5 2003
Krasilovsky, M. This Business of Music:
The Definitive Guide to the Music Industry. 2003.
Journals
American Music ML1.A54
Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter ML28.B81B75
Journal of the Society for American Music ML1 .J756
The Bulletin of the Society for American Music ML27.U5S765
Directories
Musical America: International Directory of the Performing Arts - REF. STACKS – ML13.M83 2005.
***Provides a comprehensive list of music schools, summer music camps, music festivals, competitions, performance venues, and scholarship and financial aid information.
SELECT PRINT RESOURCES (in the Stacks)
History and Criticism
ML82.M24 2001
Macleod, B. Women Performing Music: The Emergence of American Women as Classical Instrumentalists and Conductors. 2001.
ML128.M78 S79 2001
Stubblebine, D. Early Broadway Sheet Music: A Comprehensive Listing of Published Music from Broadway and Other Stage Shows, 1843-1918. 2001.
ML200.C69 2001
Crawford, R. America's Musical Life: A History. 2001.
ML200 .B67 2003
Borroff, E. Music Melting Round: A History of Music in the United States. 2003.
ML200.C69 2001
Crawford, R. America's Musical Life: A History. 2001.
ML200.H58 2000
Hitchcock, H. Music in the United States. 2000.
ML200.E4
Ellinwood, L. The History of American Church Music. 1953.
ML200.K55 1998
Kingman, D. American Music: A Panorama. 1998.
ML200.M75 1985
Moore, M. Yankee Blues: Musical Culture and American Identity. 1985.
ML200.S263 1991
Sanjek, R. American Popular Music Business in the 20th Century. 1991.
ML200.T67 2002
Alexander, J. To Stretch Our Ears: A Documentary History of America's Music. 2002.
ML200.Z8
Zuck, B. A History of Musical Americanism. 1980.
ML200.1.S65 1983
Lichtenwanger, W. Oscar Sonneck and American Music. 1983.
ML200.5.B47 2002
Berger, A. Reflections of an American Composer. 2002.
ML200.5.K37 1996
Karolyi, O. Modern American Music: From Charles Ives to the Minimalists. 1996.
ML200.5.P478 2000
Saffle, M. Perspectives on American Music, 1900-1950. 2000.
ML200.5.P48 1999
Heintze, J. Perspectives on American Music Since 1950. 1999.
ML200.5.R45 2000
Heintze, J. Reflections on American Music: The Twentieth Century and the New Millennium. 2000.
ML200.5.T36 1987
Tawa, N. A Most Wondrous Babble, American Art... their Music. 1987.
ML3475 .F76 2002
Clark, Walter A. From Tejano to Tango: Latin American Popular Music. 2002.
ML3477 .R63 1999
Roberts, John Storm. The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States. 1999.
ML3795.T25 1995
Tawa, N. American Composers and Their Public: A Critical Look. 1995.
MT3.U5 M325 1999
Mark, M. A History of American Music Education. 1999.
MT930 .T53 2004
Tibbett, Teri. Listen to Learn: Using American Music to Understand Language Arts and Social Studies (Grades 5-8). 2004.
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
Sound Recordings
Recorded Anthology of American Music (call numbers vary, published by New World Records)
This set of 100 recordings covers concert art music, marching bands to bebop, film music to field hollers, symphonies to theater songs--in short, music of every genre, spanning well over 200 years of America's history and cultural heritage.
For individual album titles, check:
Ref ML156.9.D38
Davis, E. Index to the New World Recorded Anthology of American Music: A User's Guide to the Initial One Hundred Records, then search the online catalog for titles of interest. Some titles are cassettes, others also available in compact disc.
Biographies
VHS ML410.A855A845
Robert Ashley. 1991
DVD ML410 .C24 J62 2004
John Cage: From zero. 2004
VHS ML410.G398G53
Philip Glass. 1991
VHS ML410.M754 M473 1991
Meredith Monk. 1991
VHS ML410.I94C42
Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man. 1987.
Various Topics
VHS ML1311.H57 1988 pt.1-2
The History of Bands in America. 1988.
DVD M1630.18 .G665 2003
Great American Songbook. 2003.
DVD ML1711.8 .N3 B762 2004
Broadway: The American Musical. 2004.
DVD ML2911 .C42 2003
Chase the Devil: Religious Music of the Appalachian Mountains. 2003.
DVD ML3187 .A43 2004
Amazing Grace with Bill Moyers. 2004.
DVD ML3187 .T66 2004
Too Close to Heaven: The Story of Gospel Music. 2004.
DVD ML3188 .A93 2006
Awake my Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp. 2006.
VHS ML3475.S23 1988
Salsa: Latin Pop Music in the Cities. 1988.
VHS ML3477.C3
Cajun Country: Don't Drop the Potato
VHS ML3477.N48 1995
New England Dances. 1995.
DVD ML3506 .J38 2000 v.1-10
Jazz. 2000
DVD ML3520 .H535 1997
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music. 1997
DVD ML3521 .M372 2003
The Blues, A Musical Journey. 2003.
DVD ML3551 .A542 2001 no.1-4
American Roots Music. 2001.
** CDs and Videos by specific composers/performers can be found by doing an advanced search with the format limited to compact disc or video recording.
ONLINE RESOURCES
The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada http://www.afm.org
American Music Center http://www.amc.net
American Music Resource http://www.uncg.edu/mus/courses/msbrewst/amr/ (link corrected)
Music of the United States of America http://www.umich.edu/~musausa
Also see:
DATABASES & INDEXES
African American Song
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Grove Music
Music and Performing Arts Online (IIMP & IIPA)
Music Index Online
RILM Abstracts of Musical Literature
*Call numbers apply to UT held items only
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Pauline Bayne and Connie Steigenga, Revised April 2008