- Johnson, Jennifer Elizabeth. “Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801).” Ph.D. diss.,
U. of Wales, 1976. 3v.
Includes a chronology of works and a thematic catalogue. Sources, genesis,
and performance history for all the operas. - Lippmann, Friedrich. “Über Cimarosas opere serie.” Analecta musicologica
21 (1982): 21–59.
Cimarosa’s opere buffeare well known, but his serious operas are neglected,
along with other Italian serious operas of the time. Lippmann lists 16 of them,
with premiere information and comments. He then considers the libretti, form,
and musical style in exemplary detail. With 16 extended musical examples. - Dietz, Hanns-Bertold. “Die Varianten in Domenico Cimarosas Autograph zu Il
matrimonio segretound ihr Ursprung.” Musikforschung31-3 (1978): 273–284.
Compares variants between the composer’s autograph and the version used for
the premiere in 1792; also compares other copies and editions.
Carlo Coccia (1782–1873)
Caterina di Giusais in IO–1810,v.4.
Pascal Colasse (1649–1709)
Thétis et Pelée is inFO,v.10.
François Colin de Blamont (1690–1760)
Les festes greques et romainesis in FO,v.34.
Johann Georg Conradi (d.1699)
- Buelow, George J. “Die schöne und getreue Ariadne(Hamburg, 1691): A Lost
Opera by Johann Georg Conradi Rediscovered.” AM44 (1972): 108–121.
Reports on an anonymous manuscript in the Library of Congress of an opera
called Ariadne,ascribed to Reinhard Keiser. Stylistic evidence indicates it is not
by Keiser but by the “almost unknown” Conradi, Capellmeister of Hamburg
Opera from 1690 to 1693. The manuscript “enables us to revise considerably
our conception of opera in Hamburg in the late 17th century.” With photo-
copies of the manuscript, music examples, and technical study of the score.
Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
- Skowronski, JoAnn. Aaron Copland: A Bio-Bibliography.Bio-Bibliographies
in Music, 2. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1985. x, 273p. ISBN 0-313-24091- - ML134 .C66 S55.
There is little scholarly literature on the operas. This bibliography locates
reviews and brief commentaries. - Pollack, Howard. Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man.
New York: Holt, 1999. xi, 690p. ISBN 0-8050-4909-6. ML410 .C756 P6.
The principal biography, uniting life and works in chronological arrangement.
Music is discussed in detail but without musical examples. The Tender Land
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