I. Bibliographies
All Topics
1.Guide to Reference Books. 11th ed. Ed. Robert Balay. Chicago: American
Library Association, 1996. xxvii, 2,020p. ISBN 0-8389-0669-9. Z1035.1 .G89.
(Cited in this guide as GRB.)
The primary bibliography of reference materials in all topics and languages.
Some 16,000 annotated entries, with full bibliographic detail. Works on opera
and theaters are well represented. Model index of authors, titles, and subjects.
Music in General
- Duckles, Vincent H., and Ida Reed. Music Reference and Research Materials:
An Annotated Bibliography. 5th ed. New York: Schirmer, 1997. xvii, 812p.
ISBN 0-02-870821-0. ML113 .D83. (Cited in this guide as Duckles.)
Vincent Duckles prepared the first edition of this standard tool in 1964 and
completed a third edition (1974) before his death. This new edition is an out-
standing continuation of his efforts to list and describe the essential reference
works in music. There are 3,801 entries, most of them annotated, all of them
giving bibliographic essentials. Although only a dozen titles are specifically
about opera, many others give useful perspectives; for example, there are com-
poser worklists, thematic catalogues, and bibliographies of writings on more
general topics in which materials on opera may be found. The index (p.638–
812), credited to Linda Solow Blotner, is an ideal specimen of its kind, present-
ing authors, titles, and subjects.
- Marco, Guy A., Sharon Paugh Ferris, and Ann G[arfield] Olszewski. Infor-
mation on Music: A Handbook of Reference Sources in European Languages.
Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1975–1984. 3v. Contents: v.1, Basic and
Universal Sources,1975 (164p. ISBN 0-87287-096-0); v.2, The Americas,
1977 (296p. ISBN 0-87287-141-X); v.3, Europe,1984 (519p. ISBN 0-87287-
401-X). ML113 .M33. (Cited in this guide as IOM.)
An annotated list of 3,676 books, parts of books, articles, and dissertations,
covering all aspects of music. V.1 is arranged by type of material and the other
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