The following listed items, many of which were used in class, are not required reading or listening for the course, unless so noted on the course assignment pages. Nevertheless, you may find these books, recordings and scores useful in your studying. Those on MUL 2930 Reserve in the UCF Library are so marked; otherwise, the item is in the general stacks of the library. "Chapter" Numbers refer, of course, to Crawford, An Introduction to America's Music.
J. Heywood Alexander, ed., To Stretch Our Ears : A Documentary History of America's Music, (PERSONAL COPY) [RESERVE] - A general collection of source writings about American music. See the specific readings from this item listed below under the appropriate chapter.
Philip Vandermeer, ed., American Sacred Music, vol. 7 in Three Centuries of American Music : A Collection of American Sacred and Secular Music [M 2.3 .U6 T5 1987 v.7]
Waldo Seldon Pratt, The Music of the French Psalter of 1562 [ML 3102 .P92 M9 1966] (includes examples of Calvinist Psalms that pre-date the American Pilgrams)
Waldo Seldon Pratt, The Music of the Pilgrims [ML 200.2 .P7 1971] (includes examples of Psalm tunes sung by the American Pilgrams)
"The Bay Psalm Book," Item # 5 in Alexander [RESERVE] (Required Reading)
"Agitating for Regular Singing," Item # 6 in Alexander [RESERVE] (Required Reading: the background on pp. 18-19, points 1-4 of the text on pp. 19-20, and pp. 24-5)
The Gospel Ship; Baptist Hymns and White Spirituals from the Southern Mountains (New World Records 294) [Media Center: CAS 137] (examples of "Lining Out" on side 1 of the casette; NB. See the New World Record web site for detailed information on these recordings.)
Make a Joyful Noise (New World Records 255) [Media Center: CAS 11] (examples of early American Psalmody; NB. See the New World Record web site for detailed information on these recordings.)
"A Land of Pure Delight" : Anthems and fuging tunes by William Billings [Media Center: M 2082 .B55 L36 1992] (used in class)
William Billings, Complete Works (Vols. 2-3) [Score: M 3 .B58 v.2-3] (modern editions of early American Psalmody, including the prefaces of Bilings' tunebooks and other information)
Richard Crawford, ed., The Core Repertory of Early American Psalmody [Score: M 2.3 .U6 R4 v.11-12]
"I'm On My Journey Home : vocal styles and resources in folk music" (New World Records 223) [Media Center: CAS 114] (includes Nick Malor's version of "Barbara Allen," used in class)
"Come and Trip it: Instrumental Dance Music 1780s-1920s" (New World Records 293) [Media Center CD: M 1356 .C64 1994] (includes Country Fiddle Music and other dance tunes used in class)
Music of the American Revolution : The Birth of Liberty [Media Center: CD: M 1 .M87 1996] (examples of fife & drums and American Harmoniemusik used in class)
W.A. Mozart, Serenade No. 11 [Media Center: CD: M 5 .T34 1992] (example of Harmoniemusik used in class)
African Rhythms and Instruments Vol. 1 [Media Center: CD: M 1830 .A37] (examples of African music used in class)
Sounds of West Africa : The Kora & the Xylophone [Media Center: CD: M 1830 .S65] (examples of the West African Kora and related instruments)
Mbira Music : The Spirit of Zimbabwe [Videocassette: ML 350 .M35 1993] (53-minute program on music in Zimbabwe, focusing on the Mbira)
Africa. The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways Video of Anthology of Music and Dance of Africa [4 Videocassettes: ML 3760 .J832 1996 v.1-4] (vol. 2 includes examples from Ghana used in class)
JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance [30 Videocassettes with guidebooks: M 1627 .J3 1990 V.1-30] (items 17-18-19 include examples of African music-making)
"Andrew Law, Psalmodist," Item # 18 in Alexander [RESERVE] (Required Reading: Dedication and Advertisement of The Art of Singing (1803), pp. 71-72)
"The Enduring Qualities of Fasola" Item # 25 in Alexander [RESERVE] (Required Reading: pp. 102-107)
"White Spirituals from The Sacred Harp (New World Records 205) [Media Center : CAS 32] (recorded examples of shape-note singing)
"Fasola Home Page" - An extensive web site on the practice of Shape-note singing (see especially the first links under the "Welcome" heading)
The Sacred Harp [M 2117 .W59 S3 1968] (a facsimile of the 1859 3rd ed. of the most widely used Shape-note collection)
The Missouri Harmony [M 2117 .M67 1994] (a facsimile of the 1846 edition of shape-note tunes)
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion [M 2117 .S74 1987] (a facsimilie of the 1854 edition of this shape-note collection)
The New Harp of Columbia [M 2117 .N52 1978] (a facsimile of this 1919 edition that features an unusual 7-note system of shape notes)
Buell E. Cobb, Jr. The Sacred harp : A Tradition and Its Music [ML 3111 .C6]
John Bray, The Indian Princess, and Raynor Taylor, The Ethiop [Media Center CD: M 1500 .B72 I 53 1996] (used in class)
"Jim Crow and The Coal Black Rose," Item # 31 and "Dan Emmett and the Virginia Minstrels," Item # 32 in Alexander [RESERVE] (Required Reading: pp. 128-132 and pp. 133-134)
Stephen Foster, Minstrel-Show Songs [M 1628 .F753 H56]
William J. Maher, Behind the Burnt Cork Mask : Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture [ML 1711 .M34 1999]
Dale Cockrell, Demons of Disorder : Early Blackface Minstrels and Their World [ML 1711 .C63 1997]
Robert Toll, Blacking Up : the Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-Century America [ML 1711 .T64]
"Come and Trip it: Instrumental Dance Music 1780s-1920s" (New World Records 293) [Media Center CD: M 1356 .C64 1994] (includes Minuet and Gavotte by Reinagle)
"Music of the Federal Era" (New World Records 299) [Media Center CD: M 1 .F43 M87 1994] (includes compositions by Samuel Holyoke, Benjamin Carr and Raynor Taylor used in class)
Stephen Forster : America's First Great Songwriter [Videocassette: ML 410 .F78 A47 2001] (used in class, also see the link to the PBS website on the course homepage)
"Songs by Stephen Foster" [Media Center CD: CDR 468] (used in class)
Stephen Foster, Household Songs [Score: M 1620 .F653 H55] (used in class)
Stephen Foster Song Book [Score: M 1620 . F753 J15] (used in class)
Jubilee Singers : Sacrifice and Glory [Videocassette: ML 421 .J77 J835 2000] (used in class, also see the link to the PBS website on the course homepage)
The Dale Warland Singers, Blue Wheat [Media Center CD: M 1531 .D34 B56 1996] (Tracks 4, 12, & 16 are sprituals; used in class)
Kathleen Battle & Jesse Norman, Spirituals in Concert [Media Center CD: CDR 865] (used in class)
Georgia Sea Island Songs (New World Records 278) [Media Center cassette: CAS 131] (used in class)
Eileen Southern, The Music of Black Americans: A History [ML 3556 .S74 1997] (earlier editions also available)
Eileen Southern, Readings in Black American music [ML 3556 .S75] (source readings from original documents)
The Long Road to Freedom : An Anthology of Black Music [Media Center CD Box : M 1670 .L65 2001]
Sounds of the South : A Musical Journey From teh Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta [Media Center CD Box : M 1629.6 .S7 S68 1993]
Angel's Visits (New World Records 220) [Media Center CD: M 1495 .A54 1993] (includes examples of "Feel Good" Christian sheet music and hymns in the Sankey/Moody tradition; NB. See the New World Record web site for detailed information on these recordings.) (used in class)
Brighten the Corner Where You Are (New World Records 224) [Media Center: CAS 59] (includes examples of "White Gospel" music in the Sankey/Moody tradition; NB. See the New World Record web site for detailed information on these recordings.)
Where the Home Is : Life in Nineteenth-Century Cincinnati : Crossroads of the East and West (New World Records 251) [Media Center CD: M 1629.7 .O5 W5 1995] (includes examples of mid-19th century sheet music; NB. See the New World Record web site for detailed information on these recordings.) (used in class)
The Yankee Brass Band (New World Records 312) [Media Center CD: M 1200 .A44 Y3 1996] (includes examples of American Brass Band Music of the mid-19th century; NB. See the New World Record web site for detailed information on these recordings.)
A Storm in the Land (New World Records 608) [Media Center CD: M 1200 .A44 S86 2002] (includes examples of Band Music from the repertoire of Confederate regimental band of the Civil War era; NB. See the New World Record web site for detailed information on these recordings.)
United States Marine Band, "Overtures, Vol. 2" [Media Center CD: M 1255 .U55 O842 1993] (Transcriptions of Classical orchestra works played by a concert band.)
United States Marine Band, "From Fife and Drum..." [Media Center CD: M 1200 .U55 F76 1988] (Historical recordings by the USMB, including early recordings by Sousa and others.) (used in class)
Don't give the name a bad place : types and stereotypes in American musical theater, 1870- 1900. (New World Records 265) [Media Center CD: M 1622 .D65 1996]
I wants to be a actor lady : and other hits from early musical comedies. (New World Records 221) [Media Center CD: M 1505.C56 I2 1993]
Scott Joplin, Treemonisha [Media Center CD: M 1500 .J66 T74 1992]
Scott Joplin, Collected Piano Works [M 22 .J6 L3]
Joshua Rifkin, Scott Joplin Piano Rags [Media Center CD: M 22 .J6 P54 1987]
The Long Road to Freedom : An Anthology of Black Music [Media Center CD Box : M 1670 .L65 2001]
Sounds of the South : A Musical Journey From teh Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta [Media Center CD Box : M 1629.6 .S7 S68 1993]
Robert Johnson, The Complete Recordings [Media Center CD: M 1630.18 .J65 C 64 1990]
"Ma Rainey" [Blues] [Media Center CD: M 1630.18 .R34 M29 1992]
Essential Blues [Media Center CD Box Set: M 1630.18 .B56 1995]
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz [Media Center CD set: M 1366 .S55 1987 v.1-5]
The Long Road to Freedom : An Anthology of Black Music [Media Center CD Box : M 1670 .L65 2001]
Sounds of the South : A Musical Journey From teh Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta [Media Center CD Box : M 1629.6 .S7 S68 1993]
Anthology of American Folk Music [Media Center CD Box : M 1629 .A57 1997]
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz [Media Center CD set: M 1366 .S55 1987 v.1-5]
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz [Media Center CD set: M 1366 .S55 1987 v.1-5]
Count Basie and His Orchestra : 1938-39 [Media Center CD: M 1366 .B38 C64 1990]
That Rhythm, Those Blues [Videocassette: ML 3521 .T53 1989]
The History of Rock 'n Roll [Videocassette: M 1630.18 .H58 1995 v.1-10]
Willie Dixon, The Chess Box [Media Center CD Box Set: M 1630.18 .D59 C5 1988]
Bo Diddley, The Chess Box [Media Center CD Box Set: M 1630.18 .B6 C5 1988]
Little Richard, 18 Greatest hits [Media Center CD: M 1630.18 .L58 A13 1985]
Hank Ballard, Sexy Ways : The Best of Hank Ballard [Media Center CD: M 1630.18 .B33 S48 1993]
The Drifters, All Time Greatest Hits [Media Center CD Box Set: M 1630.18 .D75 D75 1988]
Big Joe Turner, Big, Bad & Blue [Media Center CD Box Set: M 1630.18 .T88 B53 1994]
Ruth Brown, Miss Rhythm (Greatest Hits and More) [Media Center CD Box Set: M 1630.18 .B76 M58 1989]
Louis Jordan, The Best of Louis Jordan [Media Center CD: M 1630.18 .J67 B48 1989]
Carl Perkins, Original Sun Greatest Hits [Media Center CD: M 1630.18 .P47 O75 1986]
LaVern Baker, Soul on Fire : The Best of LaVern Baker [Media Center CD: M 1630.18 .B34 S68 1991]
Kansas City [Media Center CD: CDR 617] (Joe Turner, Jay McShann, T-Bone Walker, et al.)
Elvis Presley, the Top Ten Hits [Media Center CD Set: M 1630.18 .P74 T66 1995]
Bill Haley and His Comets, From the Original Master Tapes [Media Center CD: M 1630.18 .H34 B54 1985]
Chuck Berry, The Chess Box [Media Center CD Box Set: M 1630.18 .B47 C5 1988]
Jerry Lee Lewis, The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology [Media Center CD Box Set: M 1630.18 .L48 J48 1993]
Buddy Holly , The Buddy Holly Collection [Media Center CD Box Set: M 1630.18 .H64 B83 1993]
The Essential Johnny Cash [Media Center CD Box Set: M1630.18 .C38 J64 1992]
Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul : The Atlantic Recordings [Media Center CD Box Set: M 1630.18 .F73 Q43 1992]
Ray Charles, The Birth of Soul : The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 1952-1959 [Media Center CD Box Set: M 1630.18 .C43 B57 1991]