Bohuslav Martinu ̊ (1890–1959)
- Halbreich, Harry. Bohuslav Martinu: Werkverzeichnis, Dokumentation, und
Biographie.Zurich: Atlantis, 1968. 384p. ML410 .M39 H2.
The most useful life and works. For the 16 operas there is information on the
premieres (with casts), instrumentation, plot, and program notes. The worklist
is alphabetical, with titles in Czech and German. Annotated bibliography of
about 25 entries, index.
1155.The Stage Works of Martinu.Ed. Rudolf Pecman. Prague: Czechoslovak
Music Information Centre, 1967. 235p. ML410 .M284 .S77.
Consists of 15 papers, in German or English, given at a colloquium in Brno, - Topics include a comparison of Martinuand Janácek and studies of the
operas Les larmes de Couteau, Die Stimme des Waldes, Juliette, Grieschische
Passion,and Ariadne.Without bibliography or index.
1156.Bohuslav Martinu: Anno 1981.Ed. Jítka Brabcová. Prague: Ceská Hudební
Spolecnost, 1990. 339p. ISBN 80-900070-31. ML410 .M284 B67.
Consists of 47 brief papers given at a conference in Prague, 26–28 May 1981.
Three are about opera: Rudolf Vonásek, “Gesang und Schauspielkunst in den
Opern von Bohuslav Martinu”; Karel Risinger, “Einfachheit und Modernität
im Miafest der Brünnlein”; and Eva Vítová, “Zur Tradition der Inszenierung
von Bohuslav Martinus Opern auf der Bühne des Staatstheaters in Brno.”
Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)
Collections of Essays
- Morini, Mario, ed. Pietro Mascagni.Milan: Sonzogno, 1964. 2v. ML410
.M294 M6.
A comprehensive musicological view of the composer, including a collection of
criticisms (Hanslick, Torchi, Abbiati, Pizzetti, and others); letters and docu-
ments; biography; an impressive list of premieres and important productions
of all 15 operas in all principal cities, with casts; an immense bibliography, giv-
ing full information on about 1,000 publications; and a discography for every
aria. Elaborately footnoted, index of names and titles.
Conferences
1158.Puccini e Mascagni. Giornata di Studi. Lucca: Pacini, 1996. 160p.
Not examined; information is from Fairtile (#1437), entry 680. Consists of
eight papers from a conference in Viareggio on 3 August 1995. Parallels
between the works of the two composers are discussed, among them exotic
settings, their modernism, and the “malinconia erotica del settecento.”Another collection of conference papers (Livorno, 1985) was not examined. See also
#1162, #1163, and #1164.
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