New Reference Books

The following reference books recently arrived in the Music Library:

Cohen, Norm. American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008. 2 vols. Call no. MUR ML3551 .C55 2008.

Comeau, Gilles. Piano Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge Music Bibliographies, ed. Jennifer C. Post. New York: Routledge, 2009. Call no. MUR ML128.P3 C66 2009.

--This resource is a numbered, annotated bibliography.

Cook, Richard, and Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 9th ed. London: Penguin Books, 2008. Call no. MUR ML156.4.J3 C68 2008.

--A selected, annotated discography, this book is arranged alphabetically and consists of 1646 pages.

DeVito, Chris, Yasuhiro Fujioka, Wolf Schmaler, and David Wild. The John Coltrane Reference. Edited by Lewis Porter. New York: Routledge, 2008. Call no. MUR ML156.7.C58 J64 2008.

--Consisting of a chronology and discography, this book provides a quick reference to the details of Coltrane's career.

Draayer, Suzanne Rhodes. Art Song Composers of Spain: An Encyclopedia. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2009. Call no. MUR ML106.S7 D73 2009.

Fishman, Stephen. The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More, 4th ed. Berkeley, CA: Nolo, 2008. Call no. MUR KF3022 .F575 2008.

Timner, W. E. Ellingtonia: The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidmen, 5th ed. Studies in Jazz, no. 54, ed. Dan Morgenstern and Edward Berger. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2007. Call no. MUR ML156.5.E45 T5 2007.