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Prepared by the Music Library Association, with thousands of records selected by experts in dozens of specialized and popular areas of music, the fourth edition of A Basic Music Library constitutes the most authoritative music collection resource available. This specially-priced set includes all three volumes:
Volume 1: Popular Music
- Music of Colonial North America and the United States to about 1900
- Blues
- Jazz
- Mainstream Popular and New Age
- Country and Western
- Rock
- Rhythm and Blues and Soul
- Rap and Hip-Hop
- Gospel Music and Other Popular Christian Music
- Children’s Music
- Holidays, Special Occasions, Patriotic Music, and Miscellaneous
- Folk and Traditional Music of North America
- Traditional and Popular Music of the Americas and the Caribbean
- Music of Asia and Oceania
- Music of Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia
- Music of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Music of Europe
- International Anthologies
- Orchestral Music
- Film Music
- Band Music
- Woodwinds
- Brass
- Strings
- Percussion
- Keyboard
- Opera
- Musical Theater
- Solo Voice
- Choral Music
- Classical Music Anthologies
"As the most authoritative music collection resource available, these three volumes are revised on a regular basis and are geared towards librarians without a music background who often work in public and small academic libraries. Given that it is a compilation by members of the Music Library Association, many of whom are the world experts in their subject area, these volumes are a great investment for any libraries wanting to build up their music score and sound recording collections."
— Reference Reviews