Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comachois in RMBE,v.64.
- Ottzenn, Curt. Telemann als Opernkomponist: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der
Hamburger Oper.Berlin: Ebering, 1902. 88p. ML410 .T2 O9.
Program notes on Der geduldige Sokrates, Sieg der Schönheit, Damon,
Pimpinone, Adelheid, Miriways, Emma und Eginhard, Flavius Bertaridus, and
Don Quichotte. Name index. - Peckham, Mary Adelaide. “The Operas of Georg Philipp Telemann.” Ph.D.
diss., Columbia U., 1972. iv, 303p. - Ruhnke, M. “Telemanns Hamburger Opern und ihre italienischen und
franzözischen Vorbilder.” Hamburger Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft 5
(1981): 9–27.
Technical descriptions and examination of sources for Flavius Bertaridus,
Miriways, Sieg der Schönheit, Der geduldige Sokrates, Damon,and Orpheus.
See also New Grove North European(#170).
Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896)
- Rogeboz-Malfroy, Elisabeth. Ambroise Thomas, temoin du siècle 1811–1896.
Besançon: Éditions Cêtre, 1994. 327p. ISBN 2-8782-3098-1. ML410 .T475
R72.
A useful life and works, with description of each opera. Premiere data given,
including cast, and details on later productions. Synopses, lists of musical
numbers, and technical observations. Footnotes, bibliography of about 250
items, name index.
See also Achter (#728).
Virgil Thomson (1896–1989)
- Meckna, Michael. Virgil Thomson: A Bio-Bibliography.Bio-Bibliographies in
Music, 4. New York: Greenwood, 1986. xiv, 203p. ISBN 0-313-25010-3.
ML134 .T43 M4.
A useful list of 195 musical and literary works by Thomson and 288 citations
to literature about him. About 40 items are reviews or brief notices of Four
Saints in Three Acts. - Sundman, Alexandra Gail. “The Making of an American Expatriate Com-
poser in Paris.” Ph.D. diss., Yale U., 1999. 2v. - Ward, Kelly M. “An Analysis of the Relationship between Text and Musical
Shape...in Four Saints in Three Actsby Virgil Thomson.” Ph.D. diss., U. of
Texas, 1978. 387p.
Michael Tippett (1905–1998)
ENOG 29 (1985) covers all the operas.
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