MGG Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (#18)
MORI Mellen Opera Reference Index (#24)
MQ Musical Quarterly
MR Music Review
NG New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (#19)
NGDO New Grove Dictionary of Opera (#22)
NOHM New Oxford History of Music (#58)
NRMI Nuova rivista musicale italiana
OAS Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti
OQ Opera Quarterly (#156)
PRMA Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association
RAM Recent Researches in American Music
RdM Revue de musicologie
RILM Répertoire international de la littérature musicale (RILM Abstracts)
RIM Rivista italiana de musicologia
RISM Répertoire international des sources musicales (#11)
RMBE Recent Researches in Music of the Baroque Era
RMCE Recent Researches in Music of the Classic Era
RMI Rivista musicale italiana
Rororo Rororo Opernbücher (#159)
RRAM Recent Researches in American Music
SIMG Sammelbände der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft
Strunk Source Readings in Music History (#96)
Viking Viking Opera Guide (#57)
ZfM Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft
xx Abbreviations