Opera : A Research and Information Guide

ISBN-13: 9780815335160 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 654 str.

Guy A. Marco

Opis

This is a guide to the research writings on all aspects of opera. This second edition presents 2,833 titles of books, parts of books, articles and dissertations in European languages, with full bibliographic descriptions and critical annotations. The book contains the core literature on the operas of 320 individual composers and details of operatic life in 43 countries. All relevant works through to November 1999 have been considered, covering more than fifteen years of literature since the first edition was published.

Recenzje

"I find this an absolutely essential research tool. The best proof I can give is that I have room for exactly three books on opera in the tiny book shelf on my PC work-station, and that this is one of them." -- Tom Kaufman, The Opera Quarterly
"This effort surpasses the first edition in content, quality, and design." -- Choice
"An essential reference tool for all academic libraries as well as public libraries." -- Choice _
"[e]xtremely useful annotated bibliography...[Marco] deserves thanks for the enormous amount of research expended on [this] project." -- Opera Quarterly

Spis treści

Foreword, Introduction, Abbreviations, I. Bibliographies, II. Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, III. Histories, IV. Editions and Excerpts, V. Libraries, VI. Opera Houses, VII. International Directories, VIII. Periodicals, Yearbooks, and Series, IX. Biographies, X. Opera Plots, XI. Libretti and Librettists, XII. Production, XIII. Philosophy and Theory of Opera, XVI. Opera Recordings and Discography, XVII. Composers and Their Operas, XVIII. Countries, XIX. Indexes

O autorze

Guy A. Marco, now retired, was Dean of Kent State University's School of Library Science and Senior Fellow at Rosary College, Dominican University. He is the general editor of Garland's Composer Resource Manuals and Music Research and Information Guides series.