- Floros, Constantin. György Ligeti: Jenseits von Avantgarde und Post-Moderne.
Komponisten unserer Zeit, 26. Vienna: Lafite, 1996. 246p. No ISBN. ML410
.L64 F64.
A well-documented biography, with a treatment of Le grand macabre (p.132–
155): genesis, program notes and some technical notes, legible musical ex-
amples. Bibliography, index.
See also Oper heute(#95).
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
- Saffle, Michael. Franz Liszt: A Guide to Research. Garland Composer
Resource Manuals, 29. New York: Garland, 1991. xviii, 407p. ISBN 0-8240-
8382-2. ML134 .L7 S2.
Of the 1,084 annotated entries in this useful guide, just 3 are about Liszt’s only
opera, Don Sanche. (One is cited next.) Saffle also covers the well-known
piano transcriptions of operatic material and the composer’s plans for a Faust
opera. - Chantavoine, Jean. “Die Operette Don Sanche: Ein verloren geglaubtes Werk
Franz Liszts.” Musik3–11 (1903–1904): 286–307.
A general description with musical examples.
Albert Lortzing (1801–1851)
- Subotnik, Rose R. “Lortzing and the German Romantics: A Dialectical Assess-
ment.” MQ62 (1976): 241–264.
Lortzing, who has been undervalued, aimed at unity of music and text on a
grand scale. His success in Germany suggests that “society as a large collective
force was as implicated in the creation of his repertory operas as was Lortzing
himself.” His great value was not self-expression but “stability required by a
mass society.” Subotnik’s dissertation has more: “Popularity and Art in Lortz-
ing’s Operas: The Effects of Social Change on a National Operatic Genre”
(Columbia U., 1973). - Sanders, Ernest. “Oberonand Zar und Zimmerman.” MQ40-4 (October
1954): 521–532.
Notes that there is no “truly German counterpart of Italian opera.” Of Lortz-
ing, nothing is known outside Germany. New recordings of Oberonand Zar
und Zimmermanwere the basis for this article, which offers genesis/reception
accounts of both works and summarizes the ideas on opera of both composers.
The two operas are not really compared.
Antonio Lotti (1667–1740)
- Spitz, Charlotte. Anotonio Lotti in seiner Bedeutung als Opernkomponist.
Leipzig: Noske, 1918. 114p. ML410 .L9 S7.
A general biography, with attention and much praise for the operas. Based on
the author’s dissertation at Maximilians U., Munich. No index or bibliography.
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