Opera

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• I. Bibliographies Abbreviations xix
  
  
  • All Topics
  
  
  • Music in General
  
  
  • Opera
  
  
  
  


• II. Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
  
  
  • Music in General
  
  
  • Opera
  
  
  
  


• III. Histories
  
  
  • Music in General
    
    
    • Principal Reference Histories
    
    
    • Collections of Essays
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Opera
    
    
    • All Periods
    
    
    • Precursors and 17th Century
    
    
    • 18th Century
    
    
    • 19th Century
    
    
    • 20th Century
    
    
    • Collections of Documents
    
    
    • Chronologies
    
    
    • Iconographies
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• IV. Editions and Excerpts


• V. Libraries
  
  
  • Catalogues
  
  
  • Guides to Resources
  
  
  
  


• VI. Opera Houses


• VII. International Directories


• VIII. Periodicals, Yearbooks, and Series


• IX. Biographies
  
  
  • Indexes and Bibliographies
  
  
  • Collective Biographies
    
    
    • Musicians in General
    
    
    • Singers and Performers of Opera
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• X. Opera Plots
  
  
  • Indexes
  
  
  • Books of Plots
  
  
  
  


• XI. Libretti and Librettists
  
  
  • Bibliographies
  
  
  • History and Criticism
  
  
  • Translations
  
  
  • Libretti Associated with Specific Authors and Texts
  
  
  • Individual Librettists
  
  
  
  


• XII. Production
  
  
  • Bibliographies
  
  
  • General Works
  
  
  • Individual Producers and Directors
  
  
  • Performance Practice
    
    
    • Authenticity
    
    
    • Editing
    
    
    • Ornamentation
    
    
    • Instrumentation
    
    
    • Pitch
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Participants
    
    
    • Conductors
    
    
    • Chorus
    
    
    • Singers and Singing
    
    
    • Stage Designers
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Costumes
  
  
  • Stage Effects