- Vetro, Gaspare Nello. António Carlos Gomes: “Il guarany.”Parma: Tecno-
grafica, 1996. 155p. ML410 .G63 A34.
Reception history, especially in Italy, of Gomes’s best-known opera. Includes a
chronology of performances with casts. Without notes, bibliography, or index. - Ruberti, Salvatore. “O guaraní” e “Colombo” de Carlos Gomes.Rio de
Janeiro: Laudes, 1972. 212p. ML410 .G63 R8.
Extended program notes on the opera and the 1982 Columbus festival can-
tata, Colombo. No musical examples, notes, bibliography, or index.
François-Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
Le pecheursis in FO,v.59.
- Dufrane, Louis. Gossec: Sa vie, ses oeuvres.Paris: Fischbacher, 1927. 267p.
ML410 .G67 D86.
A footnoted life and works. Worklist, program notes on the operas, name
index.
Charles François Gounod (1818–1893)
Faustis in ASO2 (1976), and Roméo et Julietteis in ASO41 (1982).
There is a curious lack of scholarly writing on Gounod, whose Faust was once among
the most produced operas worldwide. The standard biography dates from 1911:
- Prod’homme, Jacques-Gabriel, and A. Dandelot. Gounod: Sa vie et ses oeu-
vres.Paris: Delagrave, 1911. 2v. Reprint, in 1v., Geneva: Minkoff, 1973. ISBN
2-8266-0051-6. ML410 .G7 P92.
A well-documented life and works, with descriptions of the operas. Worklist,
chronology, iconography, bibliography of about 120 titles, no index. - Harding, James. Gounod. New York: Stein & Day, 1973. 251p. ISBN 0-8128-
1541-6. ML410 .G7 H4.
A popular biography, without notes, together with program notes on the
operas. Worklist of titles only, giving no information; name index. - Huebner, Steven. The Operas of Charles Gounod. New York: Oxford U.P.,
- 314p. ISBN 0-19-315329-7. ML410 .G7 H8.
A good account of Gounod’s works, against a biographical backdrop. Detailed
genesis for the operas; technical studies of melody, harmony, and form; and
synopses. Musical examples and photographs. Descriptions of the four the-
aters and companies in mid–19th-century Paris. Bibliography, weak index. - Rustman, Mark M. “Lyric Opera: A Study of the Contributions of Charles
Gounod.” Ph.D. diss., U. of Kansas, 1986. vi, 456p.
See also Cooper (#66).
Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759)
See #947.
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