Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–)
525.Craggs, Stewart R. Richard Rodney Bennett: A Bio-Bibliography.Bio-Bibliogra-
phies in Music, 24. New York: Greenwood, 1990. 249p. ISBN 0-313-26179-2.
ML134 .B4425.
A classified worklist, noting performances and writings about them.Alban Berg (1865–1935)
No other composer has been the topic of so much important literature in the period
immediately following his death. In view of the stunning complexity of the two
operas, Wozzeck(1925) and Lulu(1937), it is all the more remarkable that an array
of perceptive analysis took shape so quickly. A valuable survey of the literature is now
available:
- Simms, Bryan R. Alban Berg: A Guide to Research. Garland Composer Re-
source Manuals, 38. New York: Garland, 1996. xiii, 293p. ISBN 0-8153-
2032-9. ML134 .B46 S56.
Consists of 1,064 annotated entries, selecting “less than half of all published
writings on Berg,” by omitting brief articles, reviews, and other minor pieces.
There are 235 books and articles about Wozzeckand 163 about Lulu.Work-
list, entries for Berg’s own writings, biographical sketch, discussion of research
trends, materials on the instrumental music, and indexes of authors, titles, and
subjects.
Editions
- Berg, Alban. Sämtliche Werke. Ed. Rudolph Stephan, for the Alban Berg Stif-
tung. Vienna: Universal, 1994–. M3 .B47.
V.1, Wozzeck; v.2,Lulu;neither published as of August 1999. Three volumes
of other works have appeared.
Collections of Essays
528.The Cambridge Companion to Berg.Ed. Anthony Pople. New York: Cam-
bridge U.P., 1997. xv, 304p. ISBN 0-521-56489-1. ML410 .B47 C38.
Consists of 13 essays, dealing with Berg’s cultural environment, his place
among 20th-century composers, his songs, and these on the operas: Anthony
Pople, “The Musical Language of Wozzeck”; Douglas Jarman, “Secret Pro-
grammes” (a comparison of the formats of the sketches for the two operas);
Patricia Hall, “Compositional Process in Wozzeckand Lulu: A Glimpse of
Berg’s Atonal Method”; and Judy Lochhead, “Lulu’s Feminine Performance.”
529.Alban Berg: Historical and Analytical Perspectives. Ed. David Gable and
Robert P. Morgan. New York: Oxford U.P., 1991. viii, 296p. ISBN 0-1931-
1338-4. ML410 .B47 A777.
Of the 10 articles included, these are about the operas: Allen Forte, “The Mask
of Tonality: Alban Berg’s Symphonic Epilogue to Wozzeck”; Douglas M.
Green, “A False Start for Lulu: An Early Version of the Prologue”; Claudio
Spies, “Some Notes on the Completion of Lulu”; Patricia Hall, “Role and118 Opera