Music

Following is a select bibliography of media resources on Disability Awareness. All items are located in the George F. DeVine Music Library. See the Music Library’s web page for hours and circulation policies.

Books

  • Alvin, Juliette. Music Therapy for the Autistic Child. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. MT17.A48 1991
  • Bailey, Philip. They Can Make Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. MT1.B312T5
  • Batterson, Jack A. Blind Boone: Missouri’s ragtime Pioneer. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1998. ML410.B715B38 1998
  • Chastain, Lyle D. A Handbook on the Use of Songs to Teach Autistic and Other Severely Handicapped Children. Minneapolis: Distributed by White Oak Press, 1980. LC4661.C43
  • DiMedio, Annette Maria. Frances McCollin: Her Life and Music. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990. ML410.M452D5 1990
  • Dregni, Michael. Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. ML419.R44 D74 2004
  • Edwards, Eleanor M. Music Education for the Deaf. South Waterford, Me: Merriam-Eddy Co, 1974. MT1.E345M9
  • Geiger, Jo A. Adventures in Movement. Dayton, Ohio: AIM for the Handicapped, 1979.GV445.A25 1979
  • Groemer, Gerald. The Spirit of Tsugaru: Blind Musicians, Tsugaru-Jamisen, and the Folk Music of Northern Japan. Warren, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press, 1999. ML419.T15G76 1999
  • Herman, Fran. Accentuate the Positive!: Expressive Arts for Children with Disabilities. Toronto: Jimani Publications, 1988. LC4025.H47 1988
  • Lerner, Neil and Joseph N. Straus, eds. Sounding Off: Theorizing Disability in Music. New York: Routledge, 2006. ML3920.S728 2006
  • Lydon, Michael. Ray Charles: Man and Music. New York: Routledge, 2004. ML420.C46 L93 2004
  • Melendez, Tony. A Gift of Hope: the Tony Melendez Story. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1989. ML420.M3525A3 1989
  • Metting, Fred. The Life, Work and Music of the American Folk Artist Doc Watson. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006. ML419.W37 M48 2006
  • Miller, Leon K. Musical Savants: Exceptional Skill in the Mentally Retarded. Hillsdale, N.J.: L. Erlbaum, 1989. ML3838.M64 1989
  • Milsap, Ronnie. Almost Like a Song. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990. ML420.M514A3 1990
  • Orff, Gertrud. The Orff Music Therapy: Active Furthering of the Development of the Child. London: Schott, 1980. MT17.O713
  • Ottenberg, Simon. Seeing with Music: the Lives of 3 Blind African Musicians. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996. ML399.O88 1996
  • Perry, T. M. Music Lessons for Children with Special Needs. Bristol, Pa.: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1995. MT17.P47 1995
  • Peters, Jacqueline Schmidt. Music Therapy. Springfield, Ill.: C.C. Thomas, 2000. ML3920 .P383 2000
  • Robbins, Carol. Music for the Hearing Impaired. St. Louis, Mo.: Magnamusic-Baton, 1980. MT17.R62 1980
  • Sharma, Manorma. Special Education: Music Therapy. Darya Ganj, New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation, 1996. ML3919.S53 1996
  • Silini, Flora Chiarappa. Experiencing Music with the Piano: a Method for Teaching the Mentally Handicapped. Washington: National Committee – Arts for the Handicapped, 1981. LC4606.S44
  • Southall, Geneva H. Blind Tom, the Black Pianist-Composer (1849-1908): Continually Enslaved. London: Scarecrow, 1999. ML417.B3S68 1999

Compact Discs

  • Blind Blake. Blind Blake: Ragtime Guitar’s Foremost Fingerpicker. M1630.18.B543B45 1990
  • Blind Boys of Alabama. Go Tell It on the Mountain. CD11900
  • Bocelli, Andrea. Aria: The Opera Album. M1505 .B63 1998
  • Charles, Ray. Ray Charles Genius and Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection. M1630.18.C453 R3 1997
  • McTell, Blind Willie. Blind Willie McTell: The Early Years, 1927-1933. M1630.18.B545 1989
  • Reinhardt, Django. The Complete Django Reinhardt and Quintet of the Hot Club of France Swing/HMV Sessions, 1936-1948. CD8917
  • Watson, Doc. Home Sweet Home. CD6634

Videos

  • Genghis Blues. ML3680.7.T9G45 2000
  • The Three Pickers: Legends of American Music. M1630.18 .T47 2003