Salzburg
- Kaut, Josef. Festspiele in Salzburg.2nd ed. Salzburg: Residenz, 1969. 584p.
ML246.8 .S18 K3.
First edition, 1965. A scholarly narrative of 1,000 years in the city’s musical
life, including ballet. Description of the Festspielhaus and index of works per-
formed there from 1920 to 1969; artists are named. Bibliography, index to
musicians but no general index.
2162.Kaut, Josef. Die Salzburger Festspiele, 1920–1981.Salzburg: Residenz, 1982.
499p. ISBN 3-7017-0308-6. ML246.8 .S2 F379.
A beautifully illustrated narrative history, updating the previous entry;
chronologies for each year to 1982. - Steinberg, Michael P. The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival: Austria as Theater
and Ideology, 1890–1938.Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell U.P., 1989. xvi, 253p. ISBN
0-801423-627. ML246.8 .S2 F435.
A cultural history, discussing the persons involved in the festival, government
motivations, and social forces. The institution is essentially conservative,
returning to baroque ideals. The important role of Hugo von Hoffmansthal is
well described. Bibliography of about 150 items, index. - Fuhrich, Edda, and Gisela Prossnitz. Die Salzburger Festspiele: Ihre
Geschichte in Daten, Zeitzeugnissen und Bildern. V.1: 1920–1945. Salzburg:
Residenz, 1990. 327p. ISBN 3-7017-0630-1. ML38 .S267 .S45.
Only this volume was seen. It is a chronology with extensive comments and
many photos, plus extracts from critical reviews of performances. Index of
titles and names.
See also #319.
Belarus (White Russia; Belorussia of the former Soviet Union)
There is no literature in Western languages. Three works in Russian have useful infor-
mation: Muzykal’naia kultura Belorusskoi SSR (Moscow: Muzyka, 1977; ML309
.W5 M9; includes a chapter on opera), and two books by Bronislav Sil’vestrovich
Smol’skii: Belorusskii muzykal’nyi teatr (Minsk: Nauka i Techhnika, 1963; ML1737
.S64; a scholarly narrative history), andBeloruskii Gosudarstvennyi Orden Lenina
Bol’shoi Teatr Opery i Baleta(Minsk: Gos. Izd- vo BSSR, 1963; ML1741.8 M55 B44;
a narrative with chronology for 1852–1961).
Belgium (French: Belgique; German: Belgien)
The country and its literature are bilingual, with Dutch (Flemish) spoken in Flanders
(Vlaanderen; principal city, Antwerp) and French spoken elsewhere.
Brody’s guidebook (#144*) has general directory information but is more than 20
years old. The website <www.belgium.fgov.be> has current opera calendars.
Belgium 407