String music of Black composers : a bibliography /

This is the second of Horne's series of bibliographic manuals on concert music by black composers. A careful scholar who knows the secondary literature well, Horne (Northeastern Illinois University) has also maintained communication with the contemporary composer. This volume (which includes music for plectral instruments as well as the bowed strings) employs the same format as Woodwind Music of Black Composers (CH, Dec'90): a respectable biographic sketch for each composer, the register of appropriate works (including publisher imprint, duration, and recordings), and a bibliography of sources consulted. The composers are alphabetized within geographic regions (Africa, the US, and Latin America) and the works are indexed by medium. This is a major publication of score bibliographies which should be of interest to all musicians, especially those responsible for teaching or repertoire development. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate collections.-D. -R. de Lerma, Columbia College