Comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. Features articles by top scholars in the field, images, primary sources with specially written commentaries, maps, charts and tables, and biographies.
Oxford Music Online
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Covers all topics related to music, including musical instruments, compositional forms and scientific topics. Biographical entries cover composers, performers and writers. Offers links to related sites including sound archives.
The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music
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General introduction with more specific articles (e.g., "Guitar"), bibliography, and discography/videography.
Reference Sources
The Grove Dictionary of American Music by Charles Hiroshi Garrett
The United States and Canada by Ellen Koskoff (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780824049447
Publication Date: 2000-12-28
Volume 3 of The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music covers the United States and Canada and includes sections on the blues, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, religion, and so on.
A brief introduction to a century of the blues. The book is organized chronologically, focusing on the major eras in blues' growth and development. Each chapter includes a timeline relating significant social and historical events to developments in the blues. The book concludes with lists of key recordings, books, and videos.