- Jarman, Douglas. Kurt Weill: An Illustrated Biography.Bloomington: Indiana
U.P., 1982. 160p. ISBN 0-253-14650-X. ML410 .W395 J37.
A life and works, with emphasis on musical commentaries on the composi-
tions. Also a chronological worklist and a bibliography of about 80 books and
articles; backnotes and index. - Kilroy, David Michael. “Kurt Weill on Broadway: The Postwar Years (1945–
1950).” Ph.D. diss., Harvard U.P., 1992. 527p. - Schebera, Jürgen. Kurt Weill: An Illustrated Life.Trans. Caroline Murphy.
New Haven, Conn.: Yale U.P., 1995. xi, 381p. ISBN 0-300-06055-6. ML410
.W395 S3513.
Originally Kurt Weill, 1900–1950: Eine Biographie in Texten, Bildern, und
Dokumentation(Wiesbaden: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1990). A well-documented,
chronologically ordered biography, with program notes on the stage works.
The collaboration with Berthold Brecht is described in detail (p.89–180), and
the Broadway “operas” are well covered (p.310–337). With backnotes, bibli-
ography of about 300 items, and expansive index.
See also Cook (#1055).
Peter Winter (1754–1825)
Leonardo und Blandineis in GO,v.10.
Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792)
Die Dorfdeputiertenis in GO,v.2.
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948)
2105.Ermanno Wolf Ferrari.Ed. P. Hamann et al. Tutzing: Schneider, 1986. 164p.
ISBN 3-7952-0481-X. ML410 .W85 E65.
A gathering of eight essays by various authors and a worklist. On the operas:
Robert Maxym, “Gedanken zu Wolf-Ferraris Opern: Aus der Praxis eines
Dirigenten,” and Anton Würz, “Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari als Opernmeister.”
Bibliography, name index.Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944)
2106.Riccardo Zandonai: Atti del Convegno di Studi sulla Figura e l’Opera... .Ed.
Renato Chiesa. Milan: Unicopli, 1984. 376p. ISBN 88-7861-8846. ML410
.Z277 C66.
Eighteen papers from a conference held in the composer’s birthplace,
Rovereto, 29–30 April 1983. Contributions deal with his life and with
Francesca da Rimini, Giulietta e Romeo,and I cavalieri di Ekebù. There are
useful studies of his vocal writings and instrumentation. Chronology, index of
names and topics.- Dryden, Konrad Claude. Riccardo Zandonai: A Biography.Frankfurt am
Main: Lang, 1999. 530p. ISBN 3-361-34374-4. ML410 .Z277 D79.
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