- University Libraries
- Subject Guides
- Music
- Music Genre sites
Music: Music Genre sites
African American Music
-
Afrocentric Voices in Classical MusicBiographies of African American performers and composers, especially of opera, art songs and spirituals. Includes portraits, a chronology, references, video, & the Spirituals Database.
-
Black Music History LibraryIncludes books, articles, documentaries, series, podcasts, and more about the Black origins of traditional and popular music dating from the 18th century to present day.
-
Music by Black ComposersUnder Resources, see the Living Composers directory; has bios, recordings, links to scores (depending on the composer)
-
African American History Umbra SearchFind digitized cultural materials on African American music, musicians, musicals, etc.
-
Eileen Southern and the Music of Black AmericansCovers the life and career of the 1st Black scholar to earn a musicology PhD in the U.S., founder of the 1st academic journal on Black music, and author of The Music of Black Americans.
Computer/Electronic Music
-
Synthtopiacovers all types and genres of electronic music, artists, reviews, instruments and equipment, trends.
Opera
-
Met Opera On DemandIncludes: * An Introduction to the Metropolitan Opera * Sights & Sounds of Met History * Sounds of the Met * MetOpera Database * Stories of the Operas * Photo Archive
-
OperaVisionfree opera streaming, articles, teaching resources
Vocal Music
-
Aria Databasecollection of information about opera and arias, including translations and sound files.
Indigenous / Native American Classical Music
-
Music and Modernity among First Peoples of North America by
Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2021A collaboration between Indigenous and settler scholars from Canada and the U.S. explores music and Indigeneity from hip-hop to powwow, and television soundtracks of Native Classical and experimental music.
See "About the Editors and Contributors," pp. 313-316 (pdf pages 105-108). -
Native American Elements in Piano Repertoire by the Indianist and Present-Day Native American Composers byPublication Date: 2010Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) dissertation from University of North Texas, UNT Digital Library.
-
Native Classical: Musical Modernities, Indigenous Research Methodologies, and a Kanienkéha (Mohawk) Concept of Non:wa (Now) byPublication Date: 2014PhD Dissertation, University of Maryland
-
Opera Indigene: Re/presenting First Nations and Indigenous Cultures : Re/presenting First Nations and Indigenous Cultures byPublication Date: 2011Explores how operas on Indigenous subjects reflect the evolving relationships between Indigenous peoples, the colonizing forces of imperial power, and forms of internal colonization in developing nation-states: Canada, the Americas and Australia.
-
Native American Composersarticle: Wein, Gail. New Music USA: NewMusicBox, 2009.
Native composers in our streaming music collections:
-
Andrew BalfourCree composer's work on Naxos
-
Barbara Assiginaak (Croall)Anishinaabekwe (Odawa, Ojibwe and Potawatomi) composer's work on Naxos
-
Brent Michael DavidsMohican/Munsee-Lenape composer's music on Naxos
-
Connor CheeDiné (Navajo) composer's work on Naxos
-
David YeagleyComanche composer's work on Naxos
-
George QuincyChoctaw composer's work on Naxos
-
Ian CussonMétis composer's work on Naxos
-
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' TateChickasaw composer's work on Naxos
-
Jim PepperKaw/Creek composer's work on Naxos Jazz
-
Louis Ballard's classical musicin Naxos
-
Louis W. Ballard [Honganózhe]article from Oxford Music Online
-
R. Carlos NakaiUte-Navajo composer's work on Naxos World
-
Raven ChaconDiné (Navajo) composer's work on Naxos
-
Víctor RasgadoOaxacan (Mexico) composer's works on Naxos
- Last Updated: Jun 18, 2025 1:28 PM
- URL: https://libguides.gvsu.edu/music