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Biobibliography
| wdt_ID | Author | Article | Book | Journal | Series | Publisher | Date | Page | Info | Library Info | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Composers Alliance Bulletin, v1- . | New York: Amerian Composers Alliance, | -1951 | Quarterly. | ACA+ volume # | ||||||
| 2 | American Society of University Composers | New York: Colombia University, | 1966, 1967, 1968 1969. | Published in proceedings of annual conferences. Available from Dept. of Music, Dodge Hall, Colombia University, New York, NY, 10027. | ASUC+66, 67, 68, or 69 | ||||||
| 3 | [name of composer]. | [series of pamphlets about one composer] | New York: Broadcast Music, Inc., | various dates. | BMI | ||||||
| 4 | Ca.HMV, see HMV | ||||||||||
| 5 | Heterofonia, v1- , | 1968- . | Passim; bimonthly periodical. | HET+ volume # | |||||||
| 6 | change to MD in index | LMDS, see MD | |||||||||
| 7 | Nuestros músicos, | México musial, v6,n1 | (6/1930): 7-9. | NMMM | |||||||
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| 9 | Brasilianischer Komponist... | United States: Books LLC, Wiki Series, | 2011 | paperback | |||||||
| 10 | Adevedo, M. G. | Música argentina contemporánea. | Biblioteca del Sesquicentenario. Ediciones culturales argentinas. | Buenos Aires: Ministerio de Educación y Justica, Dirección General de Cultura. | 1963 | change index to first abbr | Ad.MAC, or MusArgCont | ||||
| 11 | Almeida, Renato. | Compendio de história da música brasileira. | Rio de Janeiro, BRZ: F. Briguiet e Compania, | 1958 | CHB | ||||||
| 12 | Altmann, Frank, Paul, & Wilhelm. | Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler-Lexikon, 2v. | Wilhelmshaven, GER: Heinrichschofen’s Verlag, | 1974 & 1978. | Lib: MI-EYM, etc. | U of M, ML105.A47 - need to document & add. | KTL+volume # | ||||
| 13 | Alvarez Coral, Juan. | Compositores mexicanos: 32 biografías ilustradas, 1o ed. Investigación patrocinada por la Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Música, S. de A. | Mexico: Editores Asociados M., S. A., | 1971. 4th ed, 1986. 5th ed, 1987. 6th ed. 1993. | Biographies with accurate dates, ports., bib., disc. | Llib: AZ-AZS,AZT,AZU,MCP,MSA,NSZ; CA-[many];CT-YUU; DC-DLC; FL-FDA; IL-CGP,IBE,INY,UIU; IN-IMD,IND; KS-KKU; KY-KTS; LA-LRU; MA-AUM,HMU,SNN; MI-EEM,EYP,EYW; MN-MNU; NJ-NCL; NM-IQU,NMH; NY-NYP,VDB,VYL; OH-OSU; PA-EIB,LAF,TEU; TX-HDL,IGA,IXA,RQL,SAP,TNY,TS | CM+year | ||||
| 14 | Amarylio de Albuquerque | Pequeñas biografías de grandes compositores. | São Paulo: Ricordi Brasileira, | [19--] | 132p. | ?Find pub? LACC’s GMM | |||||
| 15 | American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. | ASCAP Biographical Dictionary on Composers, Authors, and Publishers, 1o ed. .- | New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., for ASCAP | 1948-. Various publishers for various editions. | Latest edition known, 1990 | AS52 | |||||
| 16 | American Society of University Composers. | American Society of University Composers [Membership Directory]. | New York: Columbia Univesity. | [various dates]. | AMUC+date | ||||||
| 17 | Anderson, E. Ruth, compiler. | Contemporary American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. | Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., | 1976 | Includes Latin American-born composers living in the United States. | CAC | |||||
| 18 | Anleu Díaz, Enrique. | História de la música en guatemala, 2nd ed. | Colección Centroamérica, v 3. | Guatemala City: Tipogrfía Nacional, Centro de Estudios Folklóricos, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, | 1986 | CA-CRU, JQF; CT-YUS; DC-DLC; FL-DZM, FQG; KS-KKU; LA-LRU; MA-HMU; PA-PIT; TX-IXA. | HMG | ||||
| 19 | Anleu Díaz, Enrique.. | História de la música en Guatemala, 2o ed. | Colección Centroamérica (Guatemala), v3. | Guatemala City: Tip. Nacional, for Centro de Estudios Folklóricos, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, | 1986 | lx, 199p. | 19 OCLC holdings. CA-CRU, CUY; CT-YUS; DC-DLC; FL-DZM, FMM; MA-HMU; MI-HATHI; MO-MUU; KS-KKU; PA-PiT; TX-IXA. EU-BLX, CLD, NLS. Germany-2. | check date | HMG50 | ||
| 20 | Appleby, David Percy. | “A Study of Selected Compositions by Contemporary Brazilian Composers.” | Ph. D. dissertation, Indiana University (Bloomington, IN), | 1956. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Univ. Microfilms International, 1986. | Lib: AZ-AZS; IL-IBZ; MD-JHP; NY-CUNY Graduate Center; TX-INT. | SCB | |||||
| 21 | Argueta, Mario. | Diccionario de músicos, compositores, cantantes y conjuntos hondureños. | Collección Letras hondureñas. | Tegucigalpa: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Editorial Universitaria, | 2004 | CA-CLU, CRU, CUS, STF; CT-YUS; DC-DLC; FL-FUG; KS-KKU; MA-HMU; NC-NDD; NY-COO; PA- PAU, PIT; TX-IXA. ON-CNMUL; Puerto Rico-PIF. France - BnF. Australia-HE1. | |||||
| 22 | Arizaga, Rudolfo. | Enciclopedia de la música argentina, 1st ed. | Buenos Aires, ARG: Fondo Nacional de las Artes, | 1971 | 371p. | 82 holdings. Germany-BSB. Spain-Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo Biblioteca (AECID) , UCM. | EMA | ||||
| 23 | Arnitzenius, L. M. G., et al, eds. | Encyclopedie van de Muziek, 2v. | Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, | 1956 & 1957. | V1 covers A-H, and v2 covers I-Z; includes names of composers’ teachers, lists works by genre; text in Dutch. | ||||||
| 24 | Astudillo Ortega, José María. | Dedos y labios opolineos. | Cuenca, ECU: Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Nucleo del Azuay, | 1956 | Biographies are short, but unavailable elsewhere. | No holdings in the United States. | DLA | ||||
| 25 | Auza León, Atiliano. | História de la música boliviana. | Sucre, BOL: Talleres Gráficos “Tupac Katari,” for Atiliano Auza León, | 1982 | First general history of Bolivian music; paperback, 212p, bib., illus., music. | 81 holdings, including DC-DLC; IL-INU; MI-EEM; PA-PIT. | HMBol | ||||
| 26 | Auza León, Atiliano. | Simbiosis cultural de la música bollivia. | La Paz, BOL: CIMA Producciones, | 1989 | Covers 20th C; no index; chapters on composers, performers, and scholars. | Lib: MI-EEM, EYM; etc. | ?check title? & pub co; MI-EEM, [ML239.B61,A947,1989] MI-EYM. | SCMB | |||
| 27 | Auza Léon, Atiliano. | Historia de la música boliviana. Enciclopedia boliviana, 2o ed. | La Paz, BOL: Editorial Los Amigos del Libro, Werner Guttentag, | 1985 | 222p, ill., bib; good coverage of 20th C. | Lib: DC-DLC; MI-EEM; etc. | make abbr | ? | |||
| 28 | Azevedo, Luiz Heitor Correa de. | Brief History of Music in Brazil. | Music Series, n16. | Washington, DC: Pan American Union, | 1948 | Detailed info about composers, works, & bib. | MHB | ||||
| 29 | Baker, Theodore, ed. | Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, several editions. | Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. | New York: G. Schirmer, | 1956, 1958, 1966, 1971, 1971ad, 1984, and 1992. | BB+56, 66, 71, etc. | |||||
| 30 | Barbacci, Rodolfo, | Apuntes para un diccionario biográfico musical peruano, | Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional [Lima, PERU], v6 | 1949 | DBMPeru | ||||||
| 31 | Barbacci, Rodolfo. | Apuntes para un diccionario biográfico musical peruano, | Fénix [Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional], v6, | Lima, Peru: Biblioteca Nacional, | 1949 | ADBM | |||||
| 32 | Barbosa, Corrêa. | O ciclo do ouro, o tempo e a música do barroco católico: catálogo de um arquivo de microfilmes, elementos para uma história da arte no brasil. | Rio de Janeiro, BRZ: PUC, Xerox, | 1978 | MBCB | ||||||
| 33 | Basso, Alberto, Dir. | Dizionario Enciclopedico Universale della Musica e dei Musicisti: Appendice. | Torino, Italy: Unione Tipofravico-Editrice Torinese (UTET), | 1990 | DEUMM | ||||||
| 34 | Bckhausen, Nelly, & Axel Kjerulf, eds. | Musikkens Hvem Hvad Hvor, 3v. | Copenhagen, DEN: Politkens Forlag, | 1950 | Danish text; v1 is a chronolgy; v’s 2 P& 3 are musicans active after 1900; biographies, lists of seleted works with dates & ports. | HHH | |||||
| 35 | Bendahán, Daniel | Siete músicos venezolanos. | Caracas: Depto. de Relaciones Públicas de Logoven. | 1990 | Short biographies of Venezuelan musians: Pedro Elías Gutiéres, Andrés Delgado Pardo, Angel Mottola, Joaquín Silva Díaz, Vicente Martucci, Primo Casale, & Pedro Antonio Ríos Rayna; bib., index. | SMV | |||||
| 36 | Bispo, Antonio Alexandre. | Die katolische Kirchenmusik in de Provinz São Paulo zur Zeit des brasilianischen Kaiserreiches, 1822-1889. | Regensburg, GER: Gustav Bosse Verlg, | 1980 | Music supplement contains information and scores of Masses by E. Alvares Lobo, & Tristão Mariano da Costa. | KK | |||||
| 37 | Blom, Eric, ed. | Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed., 9v. | London, UK: MacMillan & Co., Ltd, | 1954 | GMM | ||||||
| 38 | Blom, Eric, ed. | New Grove Dictionary of Music, | London, UK: MacMillan & Co., Ltd, | 1961 | GMMN, was NGDM | ||||||
| 39 | Blom, Eric, ed. | [Supplement to the 5th edition of] Grove ‘s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, | London, UK: MacMillan & Co., Ltd, | 1961 | Addenda and corrigenda. | get date | GMMad | ||||
| 40 | Blume, Friedrich, ed. | Dir Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 20v. | Kassel, GER: Bärenreiter-Verlag, | 1949-1962. | German text encyclopedia. | MGG+ volume # | |||||
| 41 | Boelzner, Gordon, 7 John Edmunds, eds. | Some Twentieth Century American Composers: A Selective Bibliography, 2v. | New York: The New York Public Library, | 1959, 1960. | TCAC | ||||||
| 42 | Boetter, Juan Max. | Música y músicos del paraguay. | Asunción: Edición de Autores Paraguayos Asociados, | [1956?]. Microfilm (1 reel), Austin, TX: General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, 1996. | Ill., map, diagrams, facs, bio index; 294p. | Lib: AL-ABC; AZ-AZU; CA-CCO, CDS, CLA, CLU, CRU, CSL, CUT, CUY, RQA; CT-RQP, YUS; DC-DGW, LNN; FL-FDA, FUG; IL-CGP, RQR, UIU; IN-IUL, RQQ; KS-KKU; LA-LRU; MA-HMU; MI-EYW; MO-WTU; NC-NDD, NOC; NM-IQU; NY-COO, NAM, XQM; OH-CLE, MIA; TX-IXA, RQL, TNY, TXH; | MMP | ||||
| 43 | Brasil. Ministerio das Relações Exteriores. | Compositores brasileiras. | Rio de Janeiro, BRZ: Ministério das Relações Exteriores, Departamento de Cooperação Cultural Cientifica e Tecnologica, | 1976-1979. | Catalogs for thirty 20th century Brazilian composers. | CompBrz | |||||
| 44 | Bull, Storm Hagerup, ed. | Musikkens Verden, 2nd ed,, revised and enlarged. | Oslo, Norway: Musikkens Verden A/S, Forlag, | nd | get date? | VER | |||||
| 45 | Bull, Storm. | Index to Biogrphies of Contemporary Composers [v1]. | New York: Scarecrow Press Inc., | 1964 | IBCC | ||||||
| 46 | Bull, Storm. | Index to Biogrphies of Contemporary Composers, v3. | New York: Scarecrow Press Inc., | 1987 | ? IBCC2? | IBCC3 | |||||
| 47 | Bustillos Vallejo, Freddy. | Composición musical den Bolivia, La. | La Paz, Bolivia: Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore, | 1989 | 107 very brief biographies of Bolivian composers, with bib refs. | CMB | |||||
| 48 | C. F. Peters Corp. | Orchestra Music, and Chorus with Orchestra. | New York: C. F. Peters Corp, | ca 1963. | Two separate catalogues for short and longer works published by Peters Corp. | PET | |||||
| 49 | Cacciatore, Olga Gudolle. | Dicionário biográfico de música erudita brasileira: compositores, instrumentistas e regentes, membros da ABM (inclusive musicólogos e patronos). Apresentação de Riardo Tacuchian. | Rio de Janeiro: Forense Universitária, | 2005 | 536 p, bib.; includes influential foreign-born artists, and younger musicians. | ||||||
| 50 | Callejo, Fernando. | Música y músicos puertorriqueños. | San Juan, PR: Editorial Coquí, | 1971 | MMPR |