Resources
African American Music Research
- African American Art Songs Resource List (Stephens and Helton)
- AfriClassical.com – Orchestral Music of Black Composers
- African American Bibliography: The Arts
- African American Music Discography (Books Online)
- African American Studies Research Bibliography
- African Diaspora Music Project (Louise Toppin)
- The African Music Encyclopedia: Bookstore
- Afrocentric Voices in “Classical” Music (Randye Jones, creator)
- The American Art Song (LOC)
- Art Song Central
- Art Songs by African Americans in Musical Anthologies (Jones and Stephens)
- “Aint I A Woman?” African American Women A Research Guide to Resources About African American Women
- Aural Compass Projects
- BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Afrocentric Voices in “Classical” Music
- Black Composers – Scores
- Black Metropolis Research Consortium
- The Center for Black Music Research Columbia College, Chicago
- Center of Ethnomusicology – Columbia University
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- College Music Society
- Composer Resources Directory (Sphinx Foundation)
- Disparities in Programming African American Solo Vocal Music On College Campuses Across the United States On College Campuses Across the US
- Diverse Repertoire Reference Guide (Dr. Phillip Harris)
- The Dunbar Music Archive
- Encyclopedia of African American Music
- Hampsong Foundation
- Institute for Composer Diversity
- International Alliance for Women in Music
- International Dictionary of Black Composers
- International Opus
- Library of Congress – African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907
- Library of Congress – Research Guides – African American History and Culture
- Living Composers Directory (MBC)
- Maude Cuney Hare – Online Books
- National Association of Negro Musicians
- National Museum of African American History & Culture
- National Negro Opera Company
- NATS Advocacy Initiatives
- Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library – IUB
- Negro Musicians and Their Music (Cuney Hare)
- New Music USA
- ONEcomposer
- Operas by Black Composers Have Long Been Ignored. Explore 8 (NYT)
- Rachel Barton Pine Foundation
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Society for American Music
- Song of America
- SONGHELIX
- Spiritual Roots and Classical Fruits: A Stylistic Analysis and Performance Guide of Selected Spirituals and Art Songs by Performance Guide of Selected Spirituals and Art Songs by Jacqueline Hairston Jacqueline Hairston
- Spirituals Database
- Timeline: A History of Black Classical Musicians
- An Unsung Muse: Classical Song of Black Composers – DVD
- University of Michigan, 1985 Black American Music Symposium Program
- Videmus, Inc.
African American Art Song Anthologies
- An Anthology of African and African Diaspora Songs (Toppin/Piper)
- Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers (Patterson)
- Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers (V. Taylor)
- Art Songs and Spirituals by Contemporary African American Composers (Cox)
- Negro Art Songs: Album by Contemporary Composers for Voice and Piano (E.R. Clark)
- A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers (Simmons and Wagner)
- Second Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers (Patterson)
African American Women Composers
- 20 Women Composers, Besides Clara Schumann, We Should All Know
- “Aint I A Woman?” African American Women A Research Guide to Resources About African American Women
- B.E. Boykin
- Betty Jackson King
- Black Women and Music, More than the Blues
- Black Women Composers: A Genesis
- Camille Nickerson
- Chorus America: Featuring African American Female Composers
- Deceptive Cadence: At 100, Composer Margaret Bonds Remains a Great Expectation (NPR)
- Dorothy Rudd Moore
- Evelyn LaRue Pittman
- Florence Price
- Florence Price: 44 Art Songs and Spirituals
- From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music
- Helen Walker-Hill Collection
- Hildegard Publishing Company
- International Alliance for Women in Music
- Jacqueline Hairston: Songs and Spirituals
- Jeraldine Saunders Herbison
- Jessie Montgomery
- Judith Baity
- Julia Perry
- Lena McLin: Songs for Voice and Piano
- Lettie Beckon Alston
- Lori Hicks
- Margaret Bonds
- Margaret Bonds Papers Collection (Yale)
- Maria Thompson Corley
- Nadine Shanti
- Nailah Nombeko
- Nicole Mitchell
- Nkeiru Okoye
- Rediscovering Margaret Bonds: Art Songs, Spirituals, Musical Theater and Popuilar Songs (Videmus – CVR)
- Regina Baiocchi
- Rosephanye Dunn Powell
- Open Ears: The Endlessly Unfolding Story of Margaret Bonds
- Shirley Graham Du Bois
- So You Want to Sing Music by Women (A Guide for Performers)
- Tania Leon
- Undine Smith Moore
- Undine Smith Moore Papers (Emory University)
- Valerie Capers
- Valerie Coleman
- Wikipedia List of African American Women in Classical Music
- YouTube Playlist: AfAm Women Composers (Art Song)
- Zenobia Powell Perry
African Diaspora
- African Diaspora Music Project
- African Music Publishers
- Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
- Composers of African Descent (wikipedia)
- Jamaican Composers
- Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint Georges (Ataria)
- Slave Voyages
Collections
- Alexander Gumby Collection of Negroiana 1800 – 1981 (Columbia University)
- Amistad Research Center
- Archives of African American Music
- Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (University of Michigan)
- Center for Southern African-American Music (University of South Carolina)
- Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection (Temple University)
- The E. Azalia Hackley
- Florence Beatrice Price Collection
- Historic American Sheet Music (Duke University)
- The Library of Congress
- Lillian Evanti Collection
- Marian Anderson Collection
- Margaret Bonds Papers: Georgetown University Library
- Maude Cuney-Hare Papers (Atlanta University)
- Moorland-Spinngarn Research Center
- National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Research Centers and Special Collections (Afrocentric Voices)
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Western Historical Manuscript Collection, Columbia, MO
- William Clements Library (University of Michigan)
- William Grant Still and Verna Arvey Papers (Oberlin College and Conservatory)
Dialect – Songs and Spirituals
- AAVE – African American Vernacular English
- African American Music Spirituals
- Art of the Negro Spiritual
- The Art of the Spirituals: Enhancing Performance of the Concert Spiritual
- African American Vernacular English (TEDxYouth)
- CodedSpirituals PBS Learning Current
- Dunbar Music Archive – Glossary of Dialect Terms
- James Weldon Johnson (video biography)
- The Linguisitics of AAVE
- Minstrelsy: A Brief History
- A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals: History, Context, and Liguistics
- North American English Dialect, Based on Pronunciation Patterns
- So You Want to Sing Spirituals
- Spirituals in Musical Anthologies (SYWTSS Appendix 3)
- On the Origins of African American English
- United States of Diversity: African American Vernacular English
Education – Primary and Secondary
- Aida, by Leontyne Price
- Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, The Chevalier de Saint Georges
- Bump the Triangle
- Children’s Books (Rachel Barton Pine Foundation)
- Classical in Color (Podcast)
- Coloring Book of Black Composers
- Decolonizing the Music Survey
- Decolonizing the Music Room
- Diverse Repertoire Reference Guide (Dr. Phillip Harris)
- Encyclopedia of African American Music
- Hildegard Publishing Voice Teacher’s Guide to Women Composers
- I Am Enough
- International Dictionary of Black Composers
- Leontyne Price, Opera Superstar
- Library of Congress – Lesson Plans
- Lily’s First Trip to the Opera
- Music by Black Composers: Timeline Poster
- Music Education Resources: Save the Music Foundation
- Music Inclusion Hub
- Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations
- The Song of America Curriculum Initiative (Hampsong Foundation)
History
- A Day in Harlem (Jazz History)
- African American Odyssey
- African American Music: Groves Music Essentials
- Aida’s Brothers and Sisters
- Black American Music, Past and Present
- The Black Perspective in Music
- Black Voices – Huffington Post
- Blackness in Opera
- Blues People: Negro Music in White America
- Florence Price: The Heart of a Woman Rae Linda Brown; Guthrie Ramsey)
- Great Performances: Aida’s Brother’s and Sisters, Black Voices in Opera
- Hall of Black Achievement Gallery
- Interviews on Blacks in Classical Music: Difficulties faced by Black Tenors
- Museum of African American History (Boston)
- The Music of Black Americans: A History (Southern)
- National Museum of African American History & Culture
- National Museum of African American Music (Nashville)
- Songs in Black and Lavender: Race, Sexual Politics, and Women’s Music (African American Music in Global Perspective)
- The Transformation of Black Music: the rhythms, the songs and the ships of the African Diaspora
Performance Videos
- African American Art Song Alliance YouTube Channel
- Hampsong Vimeo: Videos of the 2017 African American Art Song Alliance Conference
- Videmus YouTube Channel
- YouTube Playlist: AfAm Women Composers (Art Song)
Poetry
- And Bid Him Sing: A Biography of Countee Cullen (Charles Molesworth)
- Before You Set Those Words to Music (New Music USA)
- Countee Cullen (poetry.org)
- Dunbar Music Archives
- How Zora Neale Hurston Captured the Poetry of African-American Folk Life
- Langston Hughes (poetry.org)
- The Life of Langston Hughes (Arnold Rampersad)
- Listen: Zora Neale Hurston Performs Poetry and Songs from Her Native Florida (LOC)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (poetry.org)
Publishers
- American Composers Alliance
- Classical Vocal Reprints
- Edward B. Marks Music Company
- Hal Leonard Music Publishing
- Hildegard Publishing Company
- Peer Music Classical
- Videmus – Scores
- William Grant Still Music
Recordings
- Albany Records an advanced search for “African American” will populate a number of important recordings
- Black Swans: The First Recordings of Black Classical Music Performers
- Cambria Records
- Cedille Records
- Naxos Records
- Songs of America Radio Series
- Temple Univ. List of Black Composers on CD
- Videmus – Recordings
Social Media
- The African American Art Song Alliance – Discussion
- American Art Song Composers
- Art of the Negro Spiritual
- Art Song on the Move
- Black Composers Music
- Black Male Educators
- Classical Singers of Color Resource and Support Group
- Did You Know? Black History and Tidbits
- Famous African-American Singers of Concert and Operatic Literature
- Forum for Blacks in Opera
- Get It From Glendower (CVR)
- Kiki Conversations with Karen Slack
- Music by Black Composers
- National Association of Negro Musicians
- Opera Noire of New York
Song Organizations
- African American Composer Initiative
- Art Song Collective
- Art Song Preservation Society of New York
- Art Song Repertory Theater Company
- Barcelona Festival of Song
- Brooklyn Song Society
- Calliope’s Call
- Capital Fringe
- Canadian Art Song Project
- Castle of Our Skin
- Chai Collaborative Ensemble
- Challenge the Stats
- Cincinnati Song Initiative
- Colour of Music Festival
- Denver Art Song Project
- Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar
- Florestan Project
- Harry T. Burleigh Society
- Heritage Music Festival
- International Florence Price Festival
- Joy in Singing
- Latin American Art Song Alliance
- The Lied Society
- Lieder Alive!
- Lynx Project
- New York Festival of Song
- Northwest Art Song
- The OmniArts Foundation
- Project 142
- Re-Sung
- Society for American Art Song
- Song in the City
- SongFest
- Sparks and Wiry Cries
- Vocal Arts Society DC
- WordSong
Vocal Links
- 25 Voice Types and the Fach System
- The American Prize
- American Traditions Vocal Competition
- Anatomy of the Larynx
- Art Song Central
- The Art Song Project
- Art Song Update
- Biennial Art Song Competition (SFCM)
- College Music Society
- Diction Resources for Singers
- Exploring Art Song Lyrics
- Forvo – the pronunciation dictionary
- George Shirley Competition
- Harlem Opera Theater
- Hildegard Publishing Voice Teacher’s Guide to Women Composers
- International Alliance for Women in Music
- Living Heritage Foundation
- Musical America
- National Association of Teachers of Singing
- NATS Art Song Composition Award
- NATS Hall Johnson Spirituals Competition
- New Music USA
- Opera in a Multicultural World: Coloniality, Culture, Performance
- Opera League of Los Angeles
- A Singer’s Guide to Early Music
- South Shore Opera Company of Chicago
- Trilogy Opera Company
- Vocal Music – Encyclopedia Brittanica
- The Voice Teacher