Vocal and Opera Repertoire
Many individuals and organizations have done a great deal of work compiling repertoire lists and collections of vocal and operatic music by Black composers.
Our lists are works in progress. If you know of other resources that should be included here, please let us know! Email us at editor@musicbyblackcomposers.org.
Choral:
- The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers, edited by Marques L. A. Garrett
- Choral Music by African-American Composers: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography, by Evelyn Davidson White
- African Composers Edition: Online publisher of African compositions (mainly choral works by South African composers)
- “Beyond Elijah Rock: Non-Idiomatic Choral Music of Black Composers,” by Dr. Marques L. A. Garrett
- The Pacific Chorale’s “Celebrating the music of African American choral composers and arrangers”
- Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs’ “Spotlight on the Works of Black Choral Composers”
- “Music by Black Composers: 34 Sacred Choral Anthems (2- and 3-part),” by Ashley Danyew
- “Music by Black Composers: 108 Sacred Choral Anthems (SATB),” by Ashley Danyew
Solo voice:
- The African American Art Song Alliance “Links” page
- Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson
- Second Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Dr. Willis C. Patterson
- An Anthology of African and African Diaspora Songs, compiled and edited by Louise Toppin and Scott Piper
- Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, edited by Vivian Taylor
- Art Songs and Spirituals by Contemporary African American Composers, edited by Donna M. Cox and Kathy M. Bullock
- Negro Art Songs: Album by Contemporary Composers for Voice and Piano
- A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers, selected by Margaret R. Simmons and Jeanine Wagner
- “Vocal” section on the Castle of our Skins “Repertoire” page
- “Music by Black Composers: Art Songs and Spirituals for Solo Voice,” by Ashley Danyew
Opera:
(more research in progress)
