- Skelton, Geoffrey. Wieland Wagner: The Positive Skeptic.London: Gollancz,
- 222p. ISBN 0-575-00709-5. ML429 .W135 S6.
An adulatory, undocumented story of Richard Wagner’s grandson, who was
co-director at Bayreuth (with his brother Wolfgang Wagner) from the end of
World War II until his death in 1966. His staging departed from emphasis on
scenery and moved toward abstractions. Many good photos; list of produc-
tions, 1936–1966; bibliography of about 20 items; useful, expansive index of
names and titles. - Haltrecht, Montague. The Quiet Showman: Sir David Webster and the Royal
Opera House.London: Collins, 1975. 319p. ISBN 0-00211-1632. ML429
.W378 H19.
A wandering account of Webster’s career as manager of the Royal Opera
(Covent Garden), 1945–1970. No notes, a weak bibliography of about 25
items, index of names and titles.
326.Robert Wilson: The Theater of Images.Ed. R. Stearns. New York: Harper, - 158p. ISBN 0-06-015289-3. PN2287 .W494 R6.
The catalogue of a 1980 exhibition in Cincinnati, including illustrations from
Einstein on the Beach,stage directions, and a biographical sketch. No index. - Holmberg, Arthur. The Theatre of Robert Wilson. New York: Cambridge U.P.,
- xix, 229p. ISBN 0-521-36492-2. PN2287 .W494 H65.
Biographical notes, a chronology of productions (Alceste, Die Zauberflöte,
Lohengrin, Einstein on the Beach), illustrations, and commentaries. Back-
notes, bibliography, index.
Performance Practice
Authenticity
- A useful overview of the “The Idea of Authenticity,” by Stanley Sadie, appears
in Companion to Baroque Music (#62), 435–445. - Jackson, Roland John. Performance Practice, Medieval to Contemporary: A
Bibliographic Guide. Music Research and Information Guides, 9. New York:
Garland, 1988. xxix, 518p. ISBN 0-8240-1512-6. ML128 .P235 J3.
A valuable annotated bibliography of 1,392 books, parts of books, articles,
and dissertations—all of them published 1960–1986. It is thus a continuation
of Vinquist (#330) and also updates the bibliography in Donington (#335).
Jackson updated his list in issues of Performance Practice Review.This book is
arranged chronologically and topically within periods. For major composers
there are long series of entries—for example, Handel, 22 items; Mozart, 34.
Indexes of theorists, authors, and subjects. - Vinquist, Mary, and Neal Zaslaw. Performance Practice: A Bibliography.New
York: Norton, 1971. 114p. ML128 .L3 V79.
A gathering of some 1,450 items, arranged by author with brief annotations,
with an awkward nonexpansive index. Most of the material deals with music
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