volumes by country. Entries for opera and about theaters are found in country
sections. Indexes by authors, titles, and subjects; updates and revisions appear
in v.2 and v.3. See also Wehrle (#2182).- Tyrrell, John, and Rosemary Wise.A Guide to International Congress Reports
in Musicology, 1900–1975.New York: Garland, 1979. 353p. ISBN 0-8240-
9839-0. ML113 .T95.
A list of about 10,000 papers included in published proceedings for interna-
tional conferences in music and related subjects. Indexed by place, title, series,
sponsor, author, editor, and subject. “Opera” has about one and a half
columns of entries in the subject index; Wagner, a half column; other com-
posers are also well represented. - Gerboth, Walter. An Index to Musical Festschriften and Similar Publications.
New York: Norton, 1969. ix, 188p. ML128 .M8 G4.
A list of dedicatory volumes with subject and author indexes of the essays they
contain. Some 3,000 essays in more than 500 volumes are included, up to a
1967 cutoff date. The subject “Opera” in the index runs to two columns of
entries. - Baron, John H. Baroque Music: A Research and Information Guide. Music
Research and Information Guides, 16. New York: Garland, 1993. xviii, 588p.
ISBN 0-8240-4436-3. ML116 .B37. (Cited in this guide as Baron.)
An important guide to 1,423 books, parts of books, articles, and dissertations
about music of the 17th and 18th centuries, with extensive, perceptive annota-
tions. The opera chapter, p.469–500, includes sections on individual countries.
Name, subject, and author indexes. - Brockman, William S. Music: A Guide to the Reference Literature.Littleton,
Co.: Libraries Unlimited, 1987.
558 reference works, mostly in English, are classified and evaluated, along
with 109 periodicals and 172 music organizations. Name, subject, and author
indexes.
8.Garland Composer Resource Manuals[series]. Guy A. Marco, series ed. New
York: Garland, 1981–.
With 49 volumes issued through 1999, each devoted to one composer (in a few
cases, two composers), this set provides a useful base for research in many
musical fields. Each manual has a selective, annotated bibliography of writings
about the composer, along with worklists, information on resources, and
indexes. Those volumes dealing with composers of opera are entered sepa-
rately in the present guide.
9.Bio-Bibliographies in Music[series]. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1984–.
A useful series that has featured volumes about lesser-known composers; 72
published through 1999. Many of those volumes about opera composers are
cited separately in the present guide.
2 Opera