ferent areas of Verdi scholarship. The reader will find all these areas greatly enriched
in Harwood’s bibliography.
Editions
- Verdi, Giuseppe. The Works = Le opere. Ed. Philip Gossett et al. Chicago: Uni-
versity of Chicago Press; Milan: Ricordi, 1983–. M3. V48.
A definitive new edition, in progress. Series 1, operas, to be 31v. These have
appeared (1999): Nabucco, Ernani, Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Il trovatore,
Alzira, and La traviata.For each work there is a score and extensive critical
commentary in English, covering sources, variants, and measure-by-measure
annotations. Volumes are footnoted but without bibliographies or indexes.
Thematic Catalogues and Worklists
- Chusid, Martin. A Catalogue of Verdi’s Operas. Hackensack, N.J.: J. Boonin,
- xi, 201p. ISBN 0-913574-05-8. ML134 .V47 C5.
The standard list, containing much useful material: premiere dates and casts,
autographs, early scores, locations of sources, arias and numbers of each work
with alternatives and variants from different versions, and inventories of full
scores and piano-vocal scores. Bibliography of about 180 entries. Name index
with identifiers (“tenor,” “librettist”). - Hopkinson, Cecil. A Bibliography of the Works of Giuseppe Verdi, 1813–1901.
New York: Broude, 1973–1978. 2v. ISBN 0-8450-7004-5. ML134 .V47 H6.
An attempt to record all editions in all formats of all the works of Verdi. Gives
musical incipits, publishing histories, locations, plate numbers, bibliographic
descriptions, and commentaries. Hopkinson notes omissions in Chusid’s cata-
logue (previous entry), wondering why they were not selected; but others (e.g.,
next entry, and Andrew Porter in The Verdi Companion[#1806]) have called
attention to lacunae in Hopkinson’s supposedly complete list. The bibliogra-
pher’s dilemma is vividly presented: if you are selective, they will wonder
about your criteria; if you try to be comprehensive, they will always find some-
thing you left out. - Bartoli, Maria Adelaide Bacherini. “Aggiunte, integrazioni, e rettifiche alla
Bibliography of the Works of Giuseppe Verdidi Cecil Hopkinson: Edizioni
verdiane nella Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze.” Studi verdiani 4
(1986–1987): 110–135.
Addenda and corrigenda for #1798, noting materials in the Florence national
library that were overlooked by Hopkinson.
Bibliographies and Guides to Resources
- Harwood, Gregory. Giuseppe Verdi: A Guide to Research. Garland Composer
Resource Manuals, 42. New York: Garland, 1998. xxx, 396p. ISBN 0-8240-
4117-8. ML134 .V47 H37.
An essential handbook for Verdi studies, centered on 1,036 thoroughly anno-
tated entries for the secondary literature. Other useful lists include literary
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