operas, extensive genesis and reception studies, with program notes. Sauland
David et Jonathasare especially well treated. Notes, bibliography of about
200 entries, and indexes of names and works.
- Powell, John S. “Charpentier’s Music for Molière’s Le malade imaginaireand
Its Revisions.” JAMS39-1 (Spring 1986): 87–142.
Charpentier’s first major work for Paris (10 February 1673) and the only time
he worked directly with Molière from concept to performance. Genesis details,
explanation of the multiple versions of his score. All musical sources compared
and tabulated.
See also #2227.
Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)
- Parker, Robert L. Carlos Chávez: A Guide to Research. Garland Composer
Resource Manuals, 46. New York: Garland, 1988. xi, 180p. ISBN 0-8153-
2087-6. ML134 .C43 P37.
A thorough bibliography of 434 entries, including a worklist with full biblio-
graphic details and manuscript locations, prose writings of Chávez, and the
secondary literature. Also a useful biographical summary and commentary on
compositional style. There are 14 entries on the stage works, but the only
opera, The Visitors,has not attracted scholarly attention. Excellent indexing.
Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842)
- Willis, Stephen. “Luigi Cherubini: A Study of His Life and Dramatic Music,
1795–1815.” Ph.D. diss., Columbia U., 1975. 429p. - Willis, Stephen. “Cherubini: From opera seriato opéra-comique.” In Studies
in Music(#2462), 155–182.
Cherubini, widely acclaimed in his lifetime, revered by Beethoven and
Mendelssohn, was nearly forgotten a hundred years later. Newly available
sources are making a fresh study of his work possible. Willis explores the ideas
and influences that transformed Cherubini from a writer of reform serieto a
precursor of French grand opera. With Ifigenia(1788) he moved away from
various clichés; with Medée(1797) he showed enhanced orchestration and
vocality. But his style was not understood until the romantic era, when his
works “would find their true place in music history.” Appendix of his letters. - Selden, Margery. “The French Operas of Luigi Cherubini.” Ph.D. diss., Yale
U., 1951. xvii, 457p.
Individual Works
Éliza
- Fend, Michael. “Literary Motifs, Musical Form and the Quest for the ‘Sub-
lime’: Cherubini’s Éliza ou le voyage aux glaciers du Mont St. Bernard.” COJ
5-1 (March 1993): 17–38.
Discusses the contemporary mystique about the Alps as background for
Cherubini’s avalanche scene. Then analyzes the scene tonally and through
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