Blacks in Classical Music A Bibliographical Guide to Composers, Performers and Ensembles

This comprehensive guide is the first to cover the full range of black activity in classical music, with more than 4,000 references to over 300 performers and ensembles. Compiler John Gray has organized a wealth of resources spanning from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, and ranging geographically from Europe and Africa to the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Containing sections on composers, conductors, individual instrumentalists, symphony orchestras, opera singers and companies, the work builds on earlier research in this long-neglected subject, and brings the black musical legacy to new levels of prominence and accessibility.Gray, John is the author of 'Blacks in Classical Music A Bibliographical Guide to Composers, Performers and Ensembles' with ISBN 9780313260568 and ISBN 0313260567.