V. Libraries
Catalogues
Several major libraries have issued lists of opera scores and/or libretti in their collections:
- United States. Library of Congress. Music Division. Catalogue of Opera
Librettos Printed before 1800. Prepared by O. G. T. Sonneck. Washington,
D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914. 2v. Reprints, New York: Burt
Franklin, 1967; New York: Johnson Reprint, 1970. ML136 .U55 C45.
About 17,000 items in composer order with full bibliographic data and anno-
tations usually that give information about the premiere. Useful for correct facts
of publication on most operas before 1900, e.g., 21 by Auber and 36 by Grétry.
V.1 is a title catalogue, and v.2 is an index of composers, librettists, and arias. - United States. Library of Congress. Dramatic Music (Class M1500, 1510,
1520): Catalogue of Full Scores.Comp. Oscar George Theodore Sonneck.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908. 170p. Reprint,
New York: Da Capo, 1969. ML128 .O5 U5.
Some 1,700 entries with full bibliographic data and facts about premieres. In
composer order with no index.
117.Catalog of the Opera Collections in the Music Libraries: University of Cali-
fornia, Berkeley; University of California, Los Angeles. Boston: G. K. Hall, - 697p. ISBN 0–8161-0392–5. ML136 .B47 U58.
A pair of composer lists, with about 4,000 entries from UCLA and 10,000
from Berkeley. Format is photoreproduction of catalogue cards, with full bibli-
ographic data. No index. - Eckhoff, Annemarie. Oper, Operette, Singspiel. Ein Katalog der Hamburger
Musikbücherei.Hamburg: Hamburger Öffentliche Bücherhallen, 1965. 206p.
ML136 .H33 O4.
About 2,000 entries, in composer order with title index. Gives place and year
of premiere, librettist, and publisher.