- Petrobelli, Pierluigi. Music in the Theater: Essays on Verdi and Other Com-
posers.Trans. Roger Parker and William Drabkin. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton
U.P., 1994. ix, 192p. ISBN 0-691-09134-X. ML410 .V2 P28.
Eleven essays, eight of them on Verdi. Contents in Harwood (#1800), item
- Parker, Roger. Leonora’s Last Act: Essays in Verdian Discourse. Princeton,
N.J.: Princeton U.P., 1997. xii, 187p. ISBN 0-691-01557-0. ML410 .V4 P155.
Eight essays, two of them previously published. Five are entered separately:
#1853, #1883, #1887, #1902, and #1941.
Periodicals
1809.Verdi: Bollettino dell’Istituto di Studi Verdiani1–, 1960–. Parma: Istituto di
Studi Verdiani, 1960–. Irregular. ML410 .V4 V3.
Title varies. Most numbers focus on one opera. Individual issues are noted
below under their operas. Contents of all numbers from 1960 to 1989 are in
Harwood (#1800), p. xxv.
1810.Quaderni1–, 1963–. Parma: Istituto di Studi Verdiani, 1963–. Irregular.
ML410 .V4 I8 Q3.
Numbers are devoted to specific operas. Individual issues are noted below
under their operas. Contents of numbers 1–5 are in Harwood (#1800), p. xxv.
1811.Studi verdiani1–, 1982–. Parma: Istituto di Studi Verdiani, 1982–. Irregular.
ML410. V53 574.
Last one seen, v.12 (1997). Volumes have useful bibliographies of current writ-
ing on Verdi, by author, with subject indexing; there were 186 entries in v.12.
Also discographies.
1812.Verdi Newsletter1–, 1976–. New York: American Institute for Verdi Studies,
1976–. Irregular. ML5 .V4 A64.
Title varies. Each issue has a bibliography of new publications, including dis-
sertations and journal articles, reviews of books, and notices of worldwide
performances. Issues 9–10 include a description of the New York University
Verdi Archive.Letters and Documents
- Cesari, Gaetano, and Alessandro Luzio. I copialettere di Giuseppe Verdi.
Milan: n.p., 1913. Reprint, Bologna: Forni, 1968. xx, 759p. ML410 .V4 A3.
The copialettereare Verdi’s correspondence notebooks, in which he drafted
and copied his letters. Cesari presents 398 letters with commentaries. Criteria
for the selection are not given, and unexplained chronological gaps are found.
Eccentric suppressions and various inaccuracies cloud the value of this impor-
tant resource. Index of names, titles, and topics. It is best to avoid the English
translation by Charles Osborne of 293 of these letters (see #1820).
See also #246.
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