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Black History Month : African-Americans in the Performing Arts: MULTIMEDIA

Selected resources on African-Americans in the Performing Arts

AUDIO

African heritage symphonic series. Vol. 1. 2000. CD 8449

African heritage symphonic series. Vol. 2. 2007. DRAM Online

Black Europe : Sounds and images of Black people in Europe pre-1927. 2013. CD 18716 ov

Black Manhattan : theater and dance music of James Reese Europe, Will Marion Cook, and members of the legendary Clef Club. 2003. CD 1185 | DRAM Online

Black Manhattan. Volume 3. 2017. CD 19851

Black music of two worlds. 1998. CD 11643

The colored sacred harp. 1993. CD 4118 and DRAM Online

Fi-yer! : a century of African American song. 1999. CD 13315 and DRAM Online

Freedom : a concert in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 2002. CD 8994

Hadley, Fredara Mareva. Musically making "we" : considering music communities in practice, performance, and patronage. 2018. JCD 0473

In my dream : a celebration of African-American music. 2010. Naxos

Legacy : violin music of African-American composers. 2011. CD 17859

Let me fly : Music of struggle, solace, and survival in black America. 2006. CD 14940 DRAM Online

Lost sounds : blacks and the birth of the recording industry, 1891--1922. 2005. CD 13101

Moses Hogan Chorale. Negro spirituals. 2006. Naxos

Moses Hogan Singers. The Moses Hogan choral series 2003 : This little light of mine. 2002. Naxos

Movement soul. Volume 2. 2007. Naxos

Music online: African American music reference. Music and Dance Online

Naxos Music Library: Jazz

Negro spirituals (Osceola Davis, soprano). 1988. CD 6419

Negro spirituals (Barbara Hendricks, soprano). 1983. Naxos Music Library

The Norton anthology of African American literature audio companion. 1996. CD 2114

The Norton anthology of African American literature audio companion. 2004. CD 13681

Piano music by African American composers (Natalie Hinderas, piano). 1992. LP HIND and CD 3910 and DRAM Online

Piano music by William Grant Still and other black composers. 2009. Naxos

Recorded Anthology of American Music. 1991. CD 2619 and DRAM Online

Ride on, King Jesus! : Florence Quivar sings Black music of America. 2009. Naxos

Spirituals (Barbara Conrad, mezzo-soprano). 2004. DRAM Online

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

Smithsonian Global Sound Alexander Street Music Online

VIDEO

African American Lives, Series 2. 2008. PBS Videos -- Alexander Street

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. 2013. PBS Videos -- Alexander Street

Against the odds : the artists of the Harlem Renaissance. 1993. V689

Aida's brothers & sisters : black voices in opera. 2009. DVD 0828

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise. 2016. PBS Videos -- Alexander Street

Black ballerina. 2016. DVD 1491

Dance Black America. 2006. DVD 1073

Dancing in the light. 2007. DVD 0985

Dancing the Big Apple, 1937 : African-Americans inspire a national craze. 2009. DVD 0880

Eyes on the prize : America's civil rights movement. 2006. DVD 0860

History and concept of hip-hop dance : the street culture that became a global expression. 2009. DVD 0879

Jazz. 2000. (10 volumes) DVD 0002 -- DVD 0011

Lullaby of Harlem: a magical musical trip through the streets of New York City. 1998. V660

The march : the story of the greatest march in American history, 2013. DVD 1261

Sing your song. 2012. DVD 1502

Slavery and the Making of America. 2005. PBS Videos -- Alexander Street

Tap dance history : from Vaudeville to film. 2011. DVD 1005

The rise and fall of Jim Crow. 2002. V921

The spirit moves : a history of Black social dance on film, 1900-1986. Part 1, Jazz dance from the turn of the century to 1950. 2008. DVD 0851

The spirit moves : a history of Black social dance on film, 1900-1986. Part 2, Savoy Ballroom of Harlem, 1950s. 2008. DVD 0852

The spirit moves : a history of Black social dance on film, 1900-1986. Part 3, Postwar era. 2008. DVD 0853