Classical Mythology

CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY IN MUSIC, DANCE, AND FILM 757

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Levine, Robert. Guide to Opera & Dance on Vidéocassette. Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Consumers
Union, Consumer Reports Books, 1989.
McDonald, Marianne. Sing Sorrow: Classics, History, and Heroines in Opera. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 2001.
Martin, George. The Opera Companion to Twentieth Century Opera. New York: Dodd, Mead,
1979.
Partch, Harry. Bitter Music, Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions, and Librettos. Edited by
Thomas McGeary. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991.

. Genesis of Music. 2d ed. New York: Da Capo Press, 1974, [1949].
Poduska, Donald M. "Classical Myth in Music." Classical World 92,1 (1999), pp. 195-275.
A guide to CD recordings listed by subject.
Reis, Claire R. Composers in America, Biographical Sketches of Contemporary Composers with
a Record of Their Works. Rev. ed. New York: Da Capo Press., 1977 [1930].
Sadie, Stanley, and John Tyrrell, eds. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
2d ed. 29 vols. London: Macmillan; New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 2000.
. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. 4 vols. London: Macmillan; New York: Grove's
Dictionaries of Music, 1992.
Traubner, Richard. Operetta: A Theatrical History. New York: Doubleday, 1983.

DANCE

Anderson, Jack. Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise History. 2d ed. A Dance Horizons
Book. Hightstown, N.J.: Princeton Book Co.
Blair, Fredrika. Isadora, Portrait of the Artist as a Woman. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986.
Buckle, Richard, in collaboration with John Tara. George Balanchine, Ballet Master. New
York: Random House, 1988.
Humphrey, Doris. Doris Humphrey: An Artist First Centennial Edition. A Dance Horizons
Book. Hightstown, N.J.: Princeton Book Co., 1972. An autobiography, edited and
completed by Selma Jeanne Cohen.
De Mille, Agnes. The Life and Works of Martha Graham. New York : Random House, 1991.
Duncan, Isadora. My Life. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.
Graham, Martha. Blood Memory. New York: Doubleday, 1991.
Loewenthal, Lillian. The Search for Isadora: The Legend and Legacy of Isadora Duncan. A
Dance Horizons Book. Hightstown, N.J.: Princeton Book Co., 1993.
McDonagh, Don. Martha Graham. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973 (rev ed. with
"Choreochronicle," 1975).
Morgan, Barbara. Martha Graham, Sixteen Dances in Photographs. Rev. ed. Dobbs Ferry,
N.Y.: Morgan & Morgan, 1980 [1941]; among the various essays are "Martha Gra-
ham: A Perspective" by George Beiswanger and "Choreographic Record" by Louis
Horst.
Shawn, Ted, with Grey Poole. One Thousand and One Night Stands. New York: Double-
day, 1960 (reprinted with a new introduction by Walter Terry; New York: Da Capo
Press, 1979).
Spain, Louise, ed. Dance on Camera, A Guide to Dance Films and Videos. Latham, Md.: The
Scarecrow Press, 1998. Revised edition of The Dance and Film Video Guide published
in 1991 by the Dance Films Association. A helpful resource for locating distributors
and resources.