Louis La Coste (ca.1675–ca.1750)
Philomèleis in FO,v.24.
Pierre de La Garde (1717–1792)
Aegléis in FO,v.47.
Elizabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1639–1729)
Her Céphale et Procris(1694) was the first opera by a woman to be staged at the Paris
Opéra.
- Borroff, Edith. An Introduction to Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre.
Musicological Studies, 12. Brooklyn: Institute of Mediaeval Music, 1966.
180p. ML410 .L242 B7.
Musical and textual analysis with extended examples of Céphale et Procris
(p.21–44) is part of this study of the composer. La Guerre displays “versatility
of technique and style.” Bibliography of about 50 items, no index.
Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657–1726)
In FO: Ballet de la jeunesse,v.9; L’amour fléchy par la constance,v.11; and Les
éléments,v.16.- Dufourcq, Norbert et al. Notes et références pour servir à une histoire de
Michel- Richard Delalande.Paris: Picard, 1957. 356p. ML410 .L19 D86.
Documents, letters, notices, and reviews of performances; detailed worklist
and thematic incipit catalogue. No bibliography or index.
See also #2227.
Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
Le roi d’Ysis in ASO65 (1984).
John Frederick Lampe (1703?–1751)
- Martin, Dennis Roy. “The Operas and Operatic Style of John Frederick Lampe
(1703?–1751) with a Commentary and Critical Edition of His Most Important
Work, The Dragon of Wantley.” Ph.D. diss., U. of Iowa, 1979. 2v.
Stefano Landi (ca. 1590–ca. 1655)
His Sant’Alessio(1632) was the first opera on a historical subject. Landi had
some stature as an operatic pioneer but is largely forgotten today. In Murata
(#446) there is a treatment of Sant’Alessio, because the librettist was
Rospigliosi. And Pirrotta’s essay in New Looks(#2429) gives him some atten-
tion. There is also a dissertation:- Carfagno, Simon A. “The Life and Dramatic Music of Stefano Landi, with
a Transliteration and Orchestration of the Opera Sant’Alessio.” Ph.D. diss.,
U. of California at Los Angeles, 1960. 2v.
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