© 2008 Imani Winds		CONTAINS MUSIC INFORMATION and WEB SOURCES of GENERAL INTEREST Recording Discographies Classical Music Recordings of Black Composers: a reference guide and listing top of page Reference Sources (web) Afrocentric Voices Devoted to African American performers and composers, and to the vocal music forms they influenced; especially opera, art songs and Negro spirituals composed for concert performance. Also an excellent resource non-vocal music information. Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC) Established at Indiana University. Serves as a repository of materials covering various Black musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era. Marian Anderson Collections University of Pennsylvania Library. Marian Anderson's repertory included well over one hundred spirituals. She clearly favored the arrangements of African American composers Harry T. Burleigh, Nathaniel Dett, and Hall Johnson, whose names appeared most often on her concert programs. Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture A research unit of The New York Public Library. Devoted to documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world, with emphasis on blacks in the Western Hemisphere. Includes exhibitions, publications, educational, scholarly, and cultural programs. Astor Piazzolla Meet the Composer ASCAP Traditional African-American/Negro Spirituals - A good source regarding the history of Spirituals, a comprehensive listing and librettos from standard to not so well known songs. top of page Reference Sources (books, encyclopedias) The Music of Black Americans: A History by Rudolf Steiner, Eileen J. Southern International Dictionary of Black Composers by Samuel A. Floyd (Editor) Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations With Black American Composers by William Banfield Woodwind Music of Black Composers by Aaron Horne (compiler) top of page Musician Partners and Friends Paquito D'Rivera Eugene Izotov - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra oboist Rolando Morales-Matos Rene Marie John Clark Steve Coleman top of page Kids Sites The New York Philharmonic KidZone! top of page Repertoire Sources International Opus - Publisher/retailer of the wind chamber music of Valerie Coleman, Paquito D'Rivera, and Justinian Tamasuza. top of page