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Almost 1300 musical stage works involving black Americans separately or in collabortion with whites, are entered alphabetically with succinct descriptions, listed in a chronological appendix, and indexed for names, songs, and subjects.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Symbols Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works Information Sources Name Index Song Index General Index

About the Author

BERNARD L. PETERSON, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of English and Drama at Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC. The author of Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays and Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers (Greenwood Press, 1988, 1990), both of which were named Outstanding Academic Books by Choice magazine, he is planning additional reference books on black achievement in American theatre.

Reviews

?One of the finer aspects of the book, as suggested by the title is its representation of 'a collaboration of white and black'. It recognizes the many contributions of all Americans to the musical, giving the volume an aura of enlightenment as well as high competence. This work is highly recommended for all public and academic libraries, as well as any special libraries which collect material on music, the theater, African Americans, or American culture.?-Music Reference Services Quarterly

"One of the finer aspects of the book, as suggested by the title is its representation of 'a collaboration of white and black'. It recognizes the many contributions of all Americans to the musical, giving the volume an aura of enlightenment as well as high competence. This work is highly recommended for all public and academic libraries, as well as any special libraries which collect material on music, the theater, African Americans, or American culture."-Music Reference Services Quarterly