Jean-Baptiste Stück (1680–1755)
The name is also seen without the umlaut. Méléagreis in FO,v.26.
Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900)
- Dillard, Philip H. How Quaint the Ways of Paradox! An Annotated Gilbert
and Sullivan Bibliography.Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1991. viii, 208p. ISBN
0-8108-2445-0. ML134 .S97 D5.
A topical arrangement of 530 books, articles, and dissertations. Includes
biographies of both men, production accounts, and works of criticism and
analysis. Also a list of 526 scores and collections of libretti. Name and title
index. - Dillard, Philip H. Sir Arthur Sullivan: A Resource Book. Lanham, Md.: Scare-
crow, 1996. xiii, 428p. ISBN 0-8108-3157-0. ML410 .S95 D56.
Chronology, dictionary of persons associated with Sullivan, theaters, bio-
graphical data, worklist, discography. Bibliography of about 350 items, title
and first-line index, name index. - Ledbetter, Steven, and Percy Young. Arthur Sullivan: The Operas. New York:
Broude, 1994–.
Projected to be 10v., of which one is published: Trial by Jury.It concerns genesis,
autograph, reception, and the characters of the opera. The libretto is given with
notes and the full score with notes and variants. Documentation is thorough. - Stedman, Jane W. W. S. Gilbert: A Classic Victorian and His Theatre. New
York: Oxford U.P., 1996. xix, 374p. ISBN 0-19-816174-3. PR4715 .G4 S8.
A documented life story, with genesis accounts of the operas, giving great
detail on The Mikado. Working methods of Gilbert and Sullivan well
described. Bibliography of about 150 items, partly expansive index. - Jacobs, Arthur. Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician. 2nd ed. Portland, Ore.:
Amadeus, 1992. xv, 494p. 0-931-34051-9. ML410 .S95 J28.
First edition, 1984. A plain life story, with little direct notice of the music. Bib-
liography, index. - Bradley, Ian. The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan.New York:
Oxford U.P., 1996. xiv, 1,197p. ISBN 0-19-876503-X. ML49 .S9 A1.
Consists of 13 libretti, amply footnoted to clarify the text. Variant texts are
given, with historical notes. - Dixon, Geoffrey. The Gilbert and Sullivan Concordance: A Word Index to W.
S. Gilbert’s Libretti for the Fourteen Operas.New York: Garland, 1987. 2v.,
1,877p. ISBN 0-8240-8505. ML49 .S9 A2.
A quoted context is given for each occurrence of every word in the texts,
together with its location. This is not only the first Gilbert and Sullivan concor-
dance but the only word index to any composer’s libretti. Probably its main
value is as a guide to quotations.
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