Essential Books on Latin American Music
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The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music
by Call Number: Bixler Library Reserves MUSIC ML199 .G36 2008ISBN: 9780415961011Publication Date: 2007007-10-24Use the book and accompanying CDs. -
Music and Youth Culture in Latin America
by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780199986279Publication Date: 2014 -
Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: an Encyclopedic History
by Call Number: Bixler Library Reserves MUSIC ML199.M858 2004 2 volumes + 2 CDS. Ask at Bixler Library DeskISBN: 0292702981Publication Date: 2004-12-01ESSENTIAL. The music of the peoples of South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean has never received a comprehensive treatment in English until this multi-volume work.
Essential Sources
Oxford Music Online: Introductory articles on musicians, music cultures, styles, and musical instruments, with sources for further information.
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: Complete (8 vols.) in Bixler Library. MUSIC REF ML102.P66 C66 2003. Online versions (not complete set) accessible in the online catalog
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online. Also in print in Bixler Library, with accompanying CDs. MUSIC REF ML100.G16 1998 volumes 1-10.
The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Ed. Stanley Sadie. Three volumes. Print edition. MUSIC REF ML 102.I5.N48 1984. See also Oxford Music Online, above.
Post, Jennifer. Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide. 2nd ed. Routledge, 2011. Bixler Library MUSIC ML 128.E8 P67 2011
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