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Last updated: March 31, 2006

 

Research


IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGE:

Due to the overwhelming demand from the general public to answer queries regarding Latin American Music which often times fall outside the scope of our mission to advance and provide highly specialized research on the topic, we can no longer offer research services to the general public. A list of general sources can be found below or by clicking here. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Please note that we will continue providing this service, however, for higher education institutions, researchers as well as professional musicians, for a nominal fee. We strongly suggest you make sure to exhaust readily accessible sources of information before requesting the specialized services of our researchers.

Individuals interested in browsing or researching our collection should be aware that with few exceptions, the holdings of the LAMC collection are part of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library collection. Patrons may visit the collection during library hours. There is no separate facility hosting exclusively the LAMC collection. Therefore, you may access general information about the holdings of the LAMC (composer, title, publishing information, availability, etc.) by searching through the Online Catalogue of Indiana University (IUCAT). Please consult IUCAT before making any requests to the Center.

The resources below aim to provide the general public as well as musicians in general with sources of information about Latin American music (popular, traditional, and art music). Call numbers correspond to those found at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library.

I. -Encyclopedias and multi-volume dictionaries

Marcondes, Marcos Antônio, et al, eds. Enciclopédia da música brasileira: Popular, erudita e folclórica. 2d ed. São Paulo: Art Editora; Publifolha, 1998. [Reference ML106.B7 E5 1998]

Olsen, Dale A., and Daniel E. Sheehy, eds. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Vol. 2: South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. New York: Garland, 1998. [ML100 .G16 1998]

Rodicio, Emilio Casares, et al, eds. Diccionario de la música española e hispanoamericana. Madrid: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, 1999-. [Reference ML106 .S7 D4, in progress]

Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2d ed. London: Macmillan, 2001. [Reference ML100 .G92 v.1-29]

II. Books:

General:

Béhague, Gerard H. "Latin America." In Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continents, Bruno Nettl. 3d rev. ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1990. [ML3545 .N39]

Béhague, Gerard. Music in Latin America: An Introduction. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1979. [ML199 .B44]

Ficher, Miguel, et al. Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. Landtham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996. [Reference ML105 .F53]

Kuss, Malena, ed. Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004-.[ML199 .M858 v.1 Text; CD ZM.480 v.1 Compact discs]

Lorenz, Ricardo, et al. Scores and Recordings at the Indiana University Latin American Music Center. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995. [Reference ML136.I5 I557]

Manuel, Peter Lamarche. "Latin America." In Popular Musics of the Non-Western World: An Introductory Survey. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Main Library ML3470 .M33 1988]

Schechter, John M, ed. Music in Latin American Culture: Regional Traditions. New York: Schirmer Books, 1999. [ML199 .M86]

Specialized:

Aparicio, Frances.Listening to Salsa: Gender, Latin Popular Music, and Puerto Rican Cultures. Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, c1998. [ML3535.5 .A63]

Azzi, María Susana, and Simon Collier. Le grand tango: The Life and Music of Astor Piazzolla. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. [ML410.P526 A99]

Béhague, Gerard. The Beginnings of Musical Nationalism in Brazil. Detroit, Information Coordinators, 1971. [ML232 .B419]

Béhague, Gerard H. Heitor Villa-Lobos: The Search for Brazil's Musical Soul. Austin: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1994. [ML410.V76 B44]

Béhague, Gerard H., ed. Music and Black Ethnicity: The Caribbean and South America. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1994. [Main Library - Folklore ML3549 .M87 1994]

Béhague, Gerard H. "Patterns of Candomblé Music Performance: An Afro-Brazilian Religious Setting." In Performance Practice: Ethnomusicological Perspectives, ed. Gerard Béhague. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1984. [ML3799 .P47]

Browning, Barbara. Samba: Resistance in Motion. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995. [GV1637 .B76]

Castro, Ruy. Bossa nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music that Seduced the World. Chicago: A Cappella, 2000. [Main Library ML3487 .B7 C39 2000]

Collier, Simon. The Life, Music, and Times of Carlos Gardel. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986. [ML420.G247 C54]

Collier, Simon, et al. Tango!: The Dance, the Song, the Story. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. [GV1796.T3 T34]

Ferrer, Horacio. The Golden Age of Tango: An Illustrated Compendium of Its History. Trans. Alejandro Tiscornia. Buenos Aires: Manrique Zago, 1996. [Main Library GV1796.T3 F39613 1996]

Garland, Peter. In Search of Silvestre Revueltas: Essays 1978-1990. Santa Fe: Soundings Press, 1991. [ML198.5.G37 I6]

Kuss, Malena. "Identity and Change: Nativism in Operas from Argentina, Brazil and Mexico." In Musical Repercussions of 1492: Encounters in Text and Performance, ed. Carol E. Robertson. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. [ML55 .M69317 1992]

Manuel, Peter Lamarche, et al. Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995. [ML3565 .M36]

Manuel, Peter Lamarche, ed. Essays on Cuban Music: North American and Cuban Perspectives. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1991. [ML480.L21 E8]

Mauleón, Rebeca. Salsa Guidebook: For Piano and Ensemble. Petaluma, Ca.: Sher Music Co., 1993. [MT172 .M45]

McGowan, Chris, Pessanha, Ricardo. The Brazilian Sound. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. [ML3487.B7 M4]

Moore, Robin. Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920-1940. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997.

Parker, Robert L. Carlos Chávez: A Guide to Research. New York: Garland Publishing, 1998. [Reference ML134.C5 P37]

Parker, Robert L. Carlos Chávez: Mexico's Modern-Day Orpheus. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1983. [ML410.C456 P3]

Roberts, John Storm. Latin Jazz: The First of the Fusions, 1880s to Today. New York: Schirmer Books, 1999. [ML3506 .R62]

Roberts, John Storm. Black Music from Two Worlds: African, Caribbean, Latin, and African-American Traditions. 2d ed. New York: Schirmer Books, 1998. [ML3556 .R645 1998]

Seeger, Anthony. Nature and Society in Central Brazil: The Suyá Indians of Mato Grosso. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1981. [Main Library F2520.1.S89 S43]

Seeger, Anthony. Why Suyá Sing: A Musical Anthropology of an Amazonian People. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. [ML3575.B7 S36 1987]

Stevenson, Robert Murrell. Christmas Music from Baroque Mexico. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974. [ML210.2 .S848]

Stevenson, Robert Murrell. Music in Aztec and Inca Territory. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1968. [ML3549 .S848]

Stevenson, Robert Murrell. Music in Mexico: A Historical Survey. New York: Crowell, 1971. [ML210 .S8 1971]

Stevenson, Robert Murrell. The Music of Peru: Aboriginal and Viceroyal Epochs. Washington, Pan American Union, 1960. [ML236 .S84]

Stevenson, Robert Murrell. Renaissance and Baroque Musical Sources in the Americas. Washington: General Secretariat, Organization of American States, 1970. [ML136.A1 S84]

Steward, Sue. Musica!: The Rhythm of Latin America: Salsa, Rumba, Merengue, and More. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999. [ML3535.5 .S74]

Steward, Sue. Salsa: Musical Heartbeat of Latin America. London: Thames & Hudson, 1999. [ML3535.5 .S74 1999]

Tiemstra, Suzanne Spicer. The Choral Music of Latin America: A Guide to Compositions and Research. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992. [ML128.T55 C6]

Vianna, Hermano. The Mystery of Samba: Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. [Main Library Folklore ML3465 .V5313 1999]

Wright, Simon. Villa-Lobos, Heitor. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. [ML410.V76 W7 1992]

III. Journals

 

IV. On-line Resources
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Latin American Music Center:
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