Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
- Drake, Jeremy. The Operas of Darius Milhaud. Outstanding Dissertations
from British Universities. New York: Garland, 1989. 439p. ISBN 0-8240-
0192-3. ML410 .M674 D7.
Milhaud wrote 16 operas, all of which are examined in this valuable work.
Genesis, plot, libretto studies, formal analysis, and reception accounts are
given. Drake finds no large-scale harmonic organization, because of the modal
basis of the composer’s idiom. Instead there are long, slowly unfolding melodic
lines. Reproduced from the typescript of Drake’s dissertation at the U. of
Oxford, the print version suffers from scarcely legible musical examples.
Strong bibliography, no index. - Rosteck, Jens. “Darius Milhauds experimenteller Beitrag zur französischen
Literaturoper am Beispiel der Claudel-Vertonung Christophe Colombund
L’Oresteia d’Eschyle.” Ph.D. diss., Freie U., Berlin, 1993.
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772)
In FO: Carnaval du Parnasse,v.48, and Titon et l’aurore,v.49.
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819–1872)
Halkaand The Haunted Manorare in ASO83 (1986).
- Maciejewski, B. M. Moniuszko: Father of Polish Opera. London: Allegro,
- 155p. No ISBN. ML410 .M74 M2.
Genesis, program notes, and synopses for six operas; Halkagets the most
attention. Some of the composer’s letters are extracted, but the book is not
footnoted, and there is no bibliography. Name index.
Pierre Alexandre de Monsigny (1729–1817)
In FO: Le roy et le fermierandOn ne s’avise jamais de tout,v.57, and Le deserteur,
v.58.
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667–1737)
In FO: Les festes de l’été,v.32, and Jephté,v.33.
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Editions
- Monteverdi, Claudio. Opera omnia. Ed. Biblioteca Statale Civica di Cremona
and Scuola di Paleografia e Filologia Musicale Pavia. Cremona: Fondazione
Claudio Monteverdi, 1970–. M3 .M78.
The operas are in volumes 8, 16, and 17. Other editions of the operas are listed
in Adams (#1206), 31–33. Critical articles about the various editions are sum-
marized in Adams, p.228–245.
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