 |
 |
Jim, Thanks! Is anyone working on expanding the SPOTTSWOOD opus to include post 1942 recordings ???? Are the discographies in the CONTINUUM series any good ???? Thanks! Best wishes, Thomas. -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nelson, James S. Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 1:24 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Ethnic Music on record - reference works Spottswood's six volume discography is a first reference source. It's very detailed and includes personnel, instrumentation, recording dates, etc. and has multiple indexes. It covers ethnic recordings made in the U.S. only. Another book dealing with recorded ethnic music in the US that might be of interest: Ethnic Recordings in America : a Neglected Heritage. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1982. Contents: Ethnic Recordings : an Introduction / Pekka Gronow -- Commercial Ethnic Recordings in the United States / Richard K. Spottswood -- Early Field Recordings of Ethnic Music / Joseph C. Hickerson -- Irish Ethnic Recordings and the Irish-American Imagination / Mick Moloney -- Lydia Mendoza, an Enduring Mexican-American Singer / James S. Griffith -- La Alondra de la Frontera / Lydia Mendoza -- The Lark of the Border / Lydia Mendoza -- The Sajewski Story : Eighty Years of Polish music in Chicago / Richard K. Spottswood -- Recorded Ethnic Music : a Guide to Resources / Norm Cohen and Paul Wells. Jim Nelson St. Louis, MO -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Thomas Stern Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 7:09 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ARSCLIST] Ethnic Music on record - reference works I note the publications listed below, relating to world music. Is anyone familiar with these and able to provide a brief overview of their scope, content, strengths and weaknesses??? The first two focus on recordings, the Continuum series says it includes discographic information, but appears to focus on music. Are there other significant works to be aware of ? For example, Alan P. Merriam: African Music on LP, is a significant work, but limited to African Music, and recordings of the LP era, some of which actually are reissues of 78rpm discs so widens the time span slightly. If there are similar works for other regions, I would like to know about them. Thanks! Best wishes, Thomas. PAUL VERNON: Ethnic and Vernacular Music, 1898-1960: A Resource and Guide to Recordings Greenwood Press, 1995. 368pages. RICHARD K SPOTTSWOOD: Ethnic Music on Records: A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942 Vol.1: Western Europe Vol.2: Slavic Vol.3: Eastern Europe Vol.4: Spanish, Portuguese, Philippines, Basque Vol.5: Middle East, Far East, Scandinavian, Vol.6 : Artist Index, Title Index Vol.7: Record Number Index, Matrix Number Index University of Illinois Press, 1990 CONTINUUM Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World John Shepherd, David Horn, et.al. 1 Media, Industry, Society 2 Performance and Production 3 Caribbean and Latin America 4 North America 5 Asia and Oceania 6 Africa and the Middle East 7 Europe 8 Genres-North America 9 Genres-Caribbean and Latin America BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC, 2003-2014