The USC Music Library has a large collection of monographs and sound recordings relating to the music of South America. The collection covers both indigenous and popular music. For more Latin American materials, click on the Central America link.
1. Argentina
2. Bolivia
3. Brazil
4. Chile
5. Colombia
6. Ecuador
7. French Guiana
8. Guyana
9. Paraguay
10. Peru
11. Surinam
12. Uruguay
13. Venezuela
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Argentina. RGNET1119CD World Music Network. CD. 2004.
Compact Disc 9443
Argentine Folk Music: The Chaqueños in Song and Dance: Magic Rituals of the Chacos. Lyrichord Stereo LLST 7254. LP. [n.d.].
LP 8867
Assunção, Fernando O. El Tango y sus Circunstancias (1880-1920). Buenos Aires, Argentina: El Ateneo, 1984.
ML 3465 .A85 1984
Astor Piazzolla. RGNET1146CD World Music Network. CD. 2005.
Compact Disc 9448
Azzi, María Susana, and Simon Collier. Le Grand Tango: The Life and Music of Astor Piazzolla. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2000.
ML 410 .P579 A99 2000
Cuarteto Zupay. OEA-019 Ediciones Interamericanas de Música. LP. 1981.
LP 6439
Eichelbaum, Edmundo. Carlos Gardel: L'âge d'or du Tango. Paris, France: Denoël, 1984.
ML 420 .G247 E4 1984
Florine, Jane L. Cuarteto Music and Dancing from Argentina: In Search of the Tunga-Tunga in Córdoba. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.
ML 3417 .F66 2001.
Flury, Lázaro. Historia de la Música Argentina. Santa Fe, Argentina: Colmegna, 1967.
ML 231 .F56
Giménez, Raúl. Argentinian Songs. NI 5107 Nimbus. CD. 1988.
Compact Disc 7898
Gorin, Natalio. Astor Piazzolla: A Memoir. Translated by Fernando Gonzalez. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 2001.
ML 410 .P579 A3 2001
Tango 7: Authentic Tangos from Argentina: Música de Buenos Aires. Vox Classics VOX 7516. CD. 1995.
Compact Disc 1915
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Vega, Carlos. Danzas y Canciones Argentinas: Teorias e Investigaciones. Buenos Aires, Argentina: [G. Ricordi], 1936.
ML 3575 .V4 D2 1978
Selk'nam Chants of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Volume II. Ethinic Folkways Records FE 4179. LP. 1977.
LP 5211
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Bolivia. RGNET 1147 CD World Music Network. CD. 2005.
Compact Disc 9949
Creation's Journey: Native American Music, Presented by the National Museum of the American Indian. CD SF 40410 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. CD. 1994.
Compact Disc 3297
Music of the World's Peoples. Volume Five. FE 4508 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. CD. 2001.
Compact Disc 4632
Pukaj Wayra. Music From Bolivia. LLST 7361 Lyrichord. LP. 1980's.
LP 8861
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Appleby, David P. The Music of Brazil. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1983.
ML 232 .A74 1983
As Melodias do Boi; e, Outras Peças. São Paulo: Livraria Duas Cidades com o apoio técnico e financeiro do MinC/Pró-Memória, Instituto Nacional do Livro, 1987.
M 1689 .M55 1987
Behague, Gerard. The Beginnings of Musical Nationalism in Brazil. Detroit, MI: Information Coordinators, 1971.
ML 232 .B43 1971
The Black Music of Brazil. [n.p.]: Shanachie Home Video, a Harcourt Films Production, 1990.
Video Cassette 107
Braga, Ernani. Folk Songs of Brazil. All of Columbia Masterworks: MM 812, 17566-D, 17567-D, 17568-D, 17569-D, CO37825, CO37821, CO37820, CO37824, CO37823, CO37822, CO37826, CO37827; 1949.
78 disc 10 in. Set 219
Brasil: A Century of Song: Carnaval, Bossa Nova Era, Folk and Traditional, and MPB. Blue Jackal Entertainment CD 5001-4. CD. 1995.
Compact Disc 4465
Brazil, Roots, Samba.CD 5045 Rounder Records. CD. 1989.
Compact Disc 5690
Campos, Augusto de. Balanço da Bossa e Outras Bossas. São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Perspectiva, 1974.
ML 2817 .B7 C34 1974
Capoeira Angola from Salvador, Brazil, performed by Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho. Smithsonian Folkways SF 40465. CD. 1996.
Compact Disc 5655
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Castro, Ruy. Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music that Seduced the World. Chicago, IL: A Cappella, 2000.
ML 3487 .B7 C3913 2000
Folksongs, conducted by Maurizio Dini Ciacci. Dischi Ricordi CRMCD 1009. CD. 1989.
Compact Disc 3939
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Fryer, Peter. Rhythms of Resistance: African Musical Heritage in Brazil. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2000.
ML 232.9 .F79 2000.
Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho. Coapoeira Angola from Salvador, Brail. SF40465 Smithsonian Folkways, SF CD40465 Smithsonian Folkways. CD. 1996.
Compact Disc 5655
Heitor, Luiz. 150 Anos de Música no Brasil (1800 – 1950). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: José Olympio, 1956.
ML 232 .C65
Jobim, Antonio Carlos. Antonio Carlos Jobim: The Man from Ipanema. Jazz Heritage 534232. CD. 1996.
Compact Disc 4778
Leça, Armando. Música Popular Portuguesa. [n.p.]: Pôrto, Editorial D. Barreira, 1945.
ML 3717 .L4 v.1
McGowan, Chris, and Ricardo Pessanha. The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1998.
ML 3487 .B7 M4 1998
Morales, Ed. The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music from Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2003.
ML 3475 .M67 2003
Negro Folk Music of Africa and America. FE 4500 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. CD. 2000.
Compact Disc CSAM 32
Nova Bossa: Red Hot on Verve. 314 535 884-2 Verve, 314 535 884-2 Red Hot. CD. 1996.
Compact Disc 5774.
Novaes, Guiomar. Brazilian Piano Music. MM 692 Columbia Masterworks, 17488-D Columbia Masterworks, 17489-D Columbia Masterworks, 17490-D Columbia Masterworks, 1947.
78 disc 10 in. Set 124
Os Ingênuos Play Choros from Brazil. Nimbus Records NI 5338. CD. 1992.
Compact Disc 1892
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The Palicour Indians of the Arucua River in Brazil. Smithsonian Folkways F-4236. CD. 1981.
Compact Disc 6395
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Pernambuco's Music, Brazil, performed by Oficina de Cordas. Nimbus Records NI 5398. CD. 1994.
Compact Disc 1867
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Perrone, Charles A. Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB 1965-1985. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1989.
ML 3487 .B7 P5 1988
Perrone, Charles A., and Christopher Dunn, eds. Brazilian Popular Music and Globalization. Gaineville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.
ML 3487 .B7 B76 2001
Schreiner, Claus. Música Brasileira: A History of Popular Music and the People of Brazil. Translated by Mark Weinstein. New York, NY: Marion Boyars, 1993.
ML 3575 .B7 S313 1993
Seeger, Anthony. Why Suyá Sing: A Musical Anthropology of an Amazonian People. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
ML 3575 .B7 S36 1987
Stokes, Martin, ed. Ethnicity, Identity, and Music: The Musical Construction of Place. Oxford, England: Berg, 1994.
ML 3799 .E78 1994
Tinhorão, José Ramos. Música Popular: Do Gramofone ao Rádio e TV. São Paulo, Brazil: Ática, 1981.
ML 3487 .B7 T5
Veloso, Caetano. Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil. Sao Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1997.
ML 3487 .B7 V4513 2003
World Music Sampler, Vol. 2. NI 7014 Nimbus Records. CD. 1994.
Compact Disc 2014
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Ameridian Music of Chile. Smithsonian Folkways F-4054. CD. 1975.
Compact Disc 6428
Chile Lindo y Otros Éxitos de Los Huasos Quincheros, conducted by Alfredo Sauvalle. Organización de los Estados Americanos OEA 022. LP. 1981.
LP 7841
Claro, Samuel. Antologia de la Musica Colonial en America del Sur. Santiago, Chile: University of Chile, 1974.
M 2 .C63277 A6
Claro, Samuel, and Jorge Urrutia Blondel. Historia de la Musica en Chile. Santiago, Chile: Orbe, 1973.
ML 233 .C6
Oviedo, Carmen. Mentira Todo lo Cierto: Tras la Huella de Violeta Parra. Santiago, Chile: Universitaria, 1990.
ML 420 .P26 O9 1990
Parra, Isabel. El Libro Mayor de Violeta Parra. Madrid, España: Michay, 1985.
ML 420 .P26 P37 1985
Parra, Violeta. 21 Son los Dolores. Santiago, Chile: Los Andes, 1992.
ML 54 .6 .P37 P5 1992
Pring-Mill, Robert. Gracias a la Vida: The Power and Poetry of Song. London, England: University of London Press, 1990.
ML 3575 .C5 P74 1990
Sáez, Fernando. La Vida Intranquila: Violeta Parra: Biografía Esencial. Santiago, Chile: Sudamericana, 1999.
ML 420 .P26 S24 1999
Viva Chile!: Himnos y Marchas por el Orfeon de Carabineros de Chile. LDC-36000 Odeon. LP. 1960's.
LP 18613
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Afro-Hispanic Music from Western Colombia and Ecuador. FE 4376 Smithsonian Folkways. CD. 2000.
Compact Disc 6396
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Béhague, Gerard, ed. Music and Black Ethnicity: The Caribbean and South America. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1994.
ML 3549 .M87 1994
Cumbia. RGNET 1043 CD World Music Network. CD. 2000.
Compact Disc 5736
List, George. Music and Poetry in a Colombian Village: A Tri-Cultural Heritage. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1983.
ML 3575 .C7 L55 1983
Olsen, Dale A. Music of the Warao of Venezuela. [S.l.]: N.p.. CD. [n.d.].
Compact Disc 5626
Sacred and Profane Music of the Ika. Smithsonian Folkways F-4055. CD. 1977.
Compact Disc 6386
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Waxer, Lise. City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves, and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia.Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2002.
ML 3918 .S26 W38 2002
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Afro-Hispanic Music from Western Colombia and Ecuador. Smithsonian Folkways F-4376. CD. 1967.
Compact Disc 6396
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Béhague, Gerard, ed. Music and Black Ethnicity: The Caribbean and South America. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1994.
ML 3549 .M87 1994
Music of the Jivaro of Ecuador. Ethnic Folkways Records FE 4386. LP. 1972.
LP 12706
Schechter, John Ml. The Indispensable Harp: Historical Development, Modern Roles, Configurations, and Performance Practices in Ecuador and Latin America. Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, 1992.
ML 1005 .S26 1992
Titon, Jeff T., ed. Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples. 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Schirmer/Thomson Learning, 2001, 2002.
ML 3545 .W67 2002
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Music of the Coastal Amerindians of Guyana: The Arawak, Carib and Warrau. Smithsonian Folkways F-4239. CD. 1982.
Compact Disc 6398
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Maravilloso, performed by Los Indios. Epic LN 3530. LP. [n.d.].
LP 11778
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Peru
Béhague, Gerard, ed. Music and Black Ethnicity: The Caribbean and South America. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 1994.
ML 3549 .M87 1994
Harp Music of the Andes, performed by Los Indios. Olympic Records OL 6124. LP. 1976.
LP 16878
Inca Son: Volume 1: Ascope, Tierra del Amanecer. Inca Son DIDX 017042. CD. 1993.
Compact Disc 2465
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Mead, Charles W. The Musical Instruments of the Incas: A Guide Leaflet to the Collection on Exhibition in the American Museum of Natural History. Washington, DC: American Museum of Natural History, 1903.
ML 486 .P4 M4
Mountain Music of Peru: Volume II. Smithsonian Folkways SF 40406. CD. 1994.
Compact disc 5724 v.2
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Otter, Elisabeth den. Music and Dance of Indians and Mestizos in an Andean Valley of
Peru. Delft, Peru: Eburon, 1985.
ML 3575 .P4 O8 1985
Peru Canta. Organización de los Estados Americanos OEA-021. LP. 1981.
LP 6429
Stevenson, Robert. Music in Aztec and Inca Territory. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1968.
ML 3549 .S84
Traditional Music of Peru 2: The Mantaro Valley. Smithsonian Folkways SF 40467. CD. 1995.
Compact Disc 5726
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Viracocha: Legendary Music of the Andes. Lyrichord Stereo LLST 7264. LP. [n.d.].
LP 8848
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African and Afro-American Drums. FE 4502 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. LP. 1954.
Music Rec CSAM 78
The Creole Music of Surinam (Dutch Guiana). Ethnic Folkways Records FE 4233. LP. 1978.
LP 5056
Music from Saramaka. FE 4225 Folkways Recordings. LP. 1977.
LP 6012
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Assunção, Fernando O. El Tango y sus Circunstancias (1880-1920). Buenos Aires, Argentina: El Ateneo, 1984.
ML 3465 .A85 1984
Mendoza de Arce, Daniel. Sociología del Folklore Musical Uruguayo. Montevideo, Uruguay: Editorial Goes, 1972.
ML 3575 .U78 M45
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Aretz, Isabel. Sintesis de la Etnomúsica en América Latina. Caracas, Venezuela: Monte Avila Editores, 1980.
ML 3549 .A74 1980
Bandolas de Venezuela. Dorian Discovery DIS 80114. CD. 1993.
Compact Disc 1890
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Labonville, Marie E. Juan Bautista Plaza and Musical Nationalism in Venezuela. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2007.
ML 410 .P62 L33 2007
Music of the Venezuelan Yekuana Indians. Smithsonian Folkways F-4104. CD. 1975.
Compact Disc 6397
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Olson, Dale A. Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1996.
ML 3575 .V3 O47 1996 and Compact Disc 5626
The Rough Guide to the Music of Venezuela. World Music Network RGNET 1115 CD. CD. 2003.
Compact Disc 5675
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