Opera : a research and information guide
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Opera : a research and information guide
Garland, 2001
2nd ed
Available at 13 libraries
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Includes indexes
Later printings published by Routledge
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Opera is the only guide to the research writings on all aspects of opera. This second edition presents 2,833 titles--over 2,000 more than the first edition--of books, parts of books, articles and dissertations with full bibliographic descriptions and critical annotations. Users will find 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.
Table of Contents
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
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