2110.South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.Ed. Dale A.
Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York: Garland Publishing, 1998. ISBN
0-8240-4947-0.
Coverage of all Latin American countries. Includes glossary, bibliography,
discography, videography, and index.- Druesedow, John. “Music... Bibliography.” In Latin America and the Carib-
bean: A Critical Guide to Research Sources,ed. Paula H. Covington, 575–588
(New York: Greenwood, 1992; A400 .L3225).
An annotated list of 151 books and articles on music, with a guide to library
collections, and an essay by Gérard Béhague on Latin American music scholar-
ship. - Günther, Robert. Die Musikkulturen Lateinamerikas im 19. Jahrhundert.
Regensburg: Bosse, 1982. 464p. ISBN 3-7649-2208-7. ML199 .M987.
Essays by many scholars, on individual countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay) and certain
cities (Santiago de Chile, Valparaíso) and some more general studies. English
summaries for each chapter. Good footnotes, illustrations, musical examples.
Much biographical information throughout, and 19th-century operatic life is
well covered. Name index. - “Caribbean Music History: A Selective Annotated Bibliography with Musical
Supplement.” Inter-American Music Review4–1 (Fall 1981): 1–112.
Covers to 1975. Richly informative annotations make this list very useful,
even if one does not have access to the sources described. Valuable data appear
passim (e.g., list of opera premieres in Haiti). - Stevenson, Robert Murrell. “The South American Lyric Stage (to 1800).”
Inter-American Music Bulletin87 (July–October 1973): 1–27. ML1 .I57.
A scholarly account, with 164 footnotes, packed with useful data. Much atten-
tion to early opera in Peru. Gives synopses of major works, details of produc-
tions, and lists of operas by major composers. - Stevenson, Robert Murrell. “American Awareness of the Other Americas to
1900.” In Essays on Music(#67), 181–205.
A valuable review of musical activity in Latin America and the extent to which
it was noted in the U.S. The operatic settings of Montezuma,by Frederick
Gleason and Roger Sessions are compared, and the operas of Antonio Carlos
Gomes and other Latins are discussed.
Current periodicals that deal with Latin American music are the Inter-American
Music Review,1978–, and the Latin American Music Review,1980–. The Handbook
of Latin American Studies, 1936–, includes classified bibliographies and detailed con-
tents of periodicals and composite works.
See also #2747.
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