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Music, Theatre and Dance
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
Subjects: Music
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