Concert and recital music written by black composers is being performed and researched more than ever before in America today. Many new recordings of musical works are now available. Serious documentation of the efforts of black composers is presently being pursued by scholars across the country. Such organizations as the Afro-American Opportunities Association, the Black Music Center at Indiana University, and the journal, The Black Perspective in Music, have helped greatly to create an awareness of the vast research potential of black concert music. Concert and recital music in this paper is defined as music written by black composers for concert performance. This includes music for the symphony orchestra, tchamber music, choral music, music for solo instruments and piano, solo voice and piano, solo keyboard works, opera, music for concert band, and, in general, all art music written by black composers. A major objective of this report is to briefly review selected literature which has resulted from efforts in research and from serious study. A second objective is to identify some possible areas which merit attention for future study. Scholars in music who have researched black concert and recital music over the years have consulted older books from the thirties for information. The book which has been relied on more than any others is Negro Musicians and Their Music (1936) by Maud Cuney-Hare. Mrs. Hare produced a book of comprehensive dimensions which contains a wealth of information. The book The Negro and His Music (1936) by Alain Locke has been another important source of information through the years. Although it is written in the tradition of good scholarship, it is somewhat limited in its coverage of black concert music. This is also true of Lindsay Patterson's book, The Afro-American in Music and Art (1967). Mr. Patterson's book is a good source for specific items, but it lacks the broad coverage found in Cuney-Hare's book. Except for such books as The Negro Yearbook published annually by the Tuskegee Institute Press, and articles appearing occasionally in periodicals such as Journal of Negro History, Negro History Bulletin, Ebony, and Our World magazines, the