A. Books and Monographs

Samuel A. Floyd Jr. 99 Street Beats, Cadences, and Exercises for Percussion. Miami Beach: Hansen Publications, 1961.

———. 101 Street Beats, Cadences, and Exercises for Percussion. Miami Beach: Hansen Publications, 1965.

———. The Implications of John Dewey’s Theory of Appreciation for the Teaching of Music Appreciation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Southern Illinois University, 1969.

———. Contemporary Exercises and Cadences for Marching Percussion. Coral Gables, Florida: University of Miami Music Publications, 1975.

———, ed. The Great Lakes Experience: An Oral History. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University, 1977.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr., and Marsha J. Reisser. Black Music in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Reference and Research Sources. Millwood, New York: Kraus International Publications, 1983.

———. Black Music Biography: An Annotated Bibliography. White Plains, New York: Kraus International Publications, 1987.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr., ed. Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance: A Collection of Essays. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr. The Power of Black Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

———, ed. International Dictionary of Black Composers. 2 vols. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999.

Johnny Lee Lane and Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. Four-Mallet Independence for Marimba: Progressive Studies for Two Mallets in Each Hand.  Edited by Richard L. Walker, Jr. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr., with Melanie Zeck and Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr.  The Transformation of Black Music: The Rhythms, the Songs, and the Ships of the African Diaspora.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr. and Rosita Sands, with Melanie Zeck eds. Source Readings in Black Music History. 2 vols.   New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

B. Articles in Professional Journals

Samuel A. Floyd Jr. “Some Thoughts on Philosophy and Practice.” The Illinois Music Educator 5, no. 1 (October 1974), pp. 14–16.

———. “Black Music in the Driscoll Collection.” The Black Perspective in Music  2, no. 2 (Fall 1974), pp. 158–171.

Lawrence J. Dennis and Samuel A. Floyd Jr. “Dewey, Critical Judgment and Music Appreciation.” Music and Man 1, no. 2 (1974), pp. 121–127.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr. “Percussion Ensemble as Percussion Curriculum.” The School Musician 1, nos. 2, 4, and 5 (October/December 1974 and January 1975).

———. “The Great Lakes Experience: 1942–1945.” The Black Perspective in Music 3, no. 1 (Spring 1975), pp. 17–24.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr. “Music in Higher Education: Reappraisal of Goals.” The Illinois Music Educator VI, no. 1 (Fall 1975), pp. 20–21.

———. “The Sounds of Silence.” The Chronicle of Higher Education 12, no. 13 (May 24, 1976), p. 40.

———. “Music as a Creative Experience.” College Music Symposium 16 (Spring 1976), pp. 77–94.

———. “The Creative Artist Is a Researcher Too.” Music Educators Journal 64, no. 2 (October 1977), pp. 42–46.

———. “Alton Augustus Adams: The First Black Bandmaster in the United States Navy.” The Black Perspective in Music 5, no. 2 (Fall 1977), pp. 173–187.

———. “The Musical Work of Art.” Music Journal VI, no. 4 (April 1978), pp. 12–18.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr., and Burt K. Kageff. “Productivity Models for Applied Music Professors.” College Music Symposium 18, no. 1 (Spring 1978), pp. 105–108.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr. “J. W. Postlewaite of St. Louis: A Search for His Identity.” The Black Perspective in Music 6, no. 2 (Fall 1978), pp. 151–167.

———. “A Black Composer in Nineteenth Century St. Louis.” 19th Century Music 4, no. 2 (Fall 1980), pp. 121–133.

———. “Black Music and Aesthetic Communication.” Black Music Research Journal (1980), pp. 1–17.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr., and Marsha J. Reisser. “Social Dance Music of Black Composers in the 19th Century and the Emergence of Classic Ragtime.” The Black Perspective in Music 8, no. 2 (Fall 1980), pp. 161–193.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr. “Music Performance and Scholarship in Higher Education.” College Music Symposium 21, no. 2 (Fall 1981), pp. 101–111.

———. “Toward a Philosophy of Black Music Scholarship.” Black Music Research Journal (1981–1982), pp. 72–93.

———. “Afro-American Music.” Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia, 1983.

———. “An Oral History: The Great Lakes Experience.” The Black Perspective in Music 11, no. 1 (Spring 1982), pp. 41–61.

———. “On Black Music Research.” Black Music Research Journal (1983), pp. 46–57.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr., and Marsha J. Reisser. “The Sources and Resources of Classic Ragtime Music.” Black Music Research Journal (1984), pp. 22–59.

Samuel A. Floyd Jr. “Books on Black Music by Black Authors.” The Black Perspective in Music 14, no. 3 (Fall 1986), pp. 215–232.

———. “The American Symphony Orchestra: Broadening Service and Opportunity.” In Black Composers, Black Performers, and the American Symphony Orchestra, 1–5. Chicago: Center for Black Music Research, 1988.

———. “Black Graduate Students and Music Programs in American Institutions of Higher Learning.” Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Schools of Music 77 (June 1989), pp. 95–103.

———. “On Black Music Research in American Colleges and Universities.” Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Schools of Music 77 (June 1989), pp. 157–161.

———. “Afro-American Music and Dance.” The Western Journal of Black Studies 13, no. 3 (Fall 1989), pp. 130–138.

———. “The Failure of Academic Institutions to Nurture Black Musical Talent Is Shameful.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 9, 1990, pp. B2–B3.

———. “Ring Shout! Literary Studies, Historical Studies, and Black Music Inquiry.” Black Music Research Journal 11, no. 2 (Fall 1991), pp. 267–288.

———. “Eileen Jackson Southern: Quiet Revolutionary.” In New Perspectives on Music: Essays in Honor of Eileen Southern, edited by Josephine R. B. Wright with Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. Warren, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press, 1992.

———. “Troping the Blues: From Spirituals to the Concert Hall.” Black Music Research Journal 13, no. 1 (Spring 1993), pp. 31–50.

———. “Black Music in the Circum-Caribbean.” American Music 17, no. 1 (Spring 1999), pp. 1–37.

———. “African Roots of Jazz.” In The Oxford Companion to Jazz, edited by Bill Kirchner, 4–17. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.