Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1982. [MUSIC Ref. ML105 .S67 1982]
Biographical Dictionary of Jazz. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1982. [MUSIC Ref. ML390 .C59]
Black Conductors. New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1995. [MUSIC Ref. ML402 .H36 1995]
The Dictionary of Composers and their Music: Every Listener’s Companion: Arranged Chronologically and Alphabetically. New York: Paddington Press, 1978. [MUSIC Ref. ML113 .G4]
The Music Index. Michigan: Information Coordinators, 1949-. [Shepard and Music Ref. ML118 .M84]