George Frederick Bristow (1825–1898)
- Gombert, Karl Erwin. “Leonoraby William Henry Fry and Rip van Winkleby
George Frederick Bristow: Examples of Mid-Nineteenth Century American
Opera.” D.A. diss., Ball State U., 1977. 264p.
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Thematic Catalogues and Worklists
- Mitchell, Donald, compiler. Benjamin Britten: A Complete Catalogue of His
Published Works. Rev. ed. London: Boosey & Hawkes and Faber Music, - 60p. Supplement, June 1978, 4p. No ISBN. ML134 .B85 B64.
First edition, 1963. A fully descriptive worklist, in chronological order, with
performance data and title index.
Bibliographies and Guides to Resources
- Hodgson, Peter J. Benjamin Britten: A Guide to Research. Garland Composer
Resource Manuals, 39. New York: Garland, 1996. 245p. ISBN 0-8153-1795- - ML134 .B851 H63.
An annotated bibliography of 91 books about Britten, with biographical
notes, a description of the Britten-Pears Library in Aldeburgh, a worklist, and
an author index. A separate list, not annotated, presents 266 theses and doc-
toral dissertations. Especially useful for contents listings of composite books.
615.A Britten Source Book. Ed. John Evans, Philip Reed, and Paul Wilson. Alde-
burgh, England: The Britten Estate for the Britten-Pears Library, 1987. Corrected
reprint, Aldershot, England: Scolar Press, 1988. 328p. ISBN 0-9511-9302-9.
ML134 .B85 E9.
A Britten chronology (128p.), list of his incidental music, discography, and
topical bibliography of 3,273 titles. Hodgson (#614) provides an analysis of
the bibliography by subject.
Collections of Essays
616.The Britten Companion. Ed. Christopher Palmer. London: Faber & Faber,- 485p. ISBN 0-571-13168-9. ML410 .B853.
A compilation of 36 essays, with a Britten chronology and two useful indexes.
Contributors include John Evans, Christopher Headington, Donald Mitchell
(seven pieces), and Christopher Palmer. Complete contents are in Hodgson
(#614).
617.The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten. Ed. Mervyn Cooke. New
York: Cambridge U.P., 1999. xviii, 350p. ISBN 0-521-57384-4. ML410 .B86
C18.
Consists of 17 essays, of which 5 are about the operas (entered separately in
this guide). Backnotes, worklist, chronology, general index. No bibliography.
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