writing. Detailed critical reception of the works. Bibliography of about 50
items, presenting a useful guide to the literature; name index.- Nicolodi, Fiamma. Luigi Dallapiccola: Saggi, testimonianze, carteggio,
biografia e bibliografia. Milan: Suvini Zerboni, 1975. xiii, 171p. No ISBN
.ML410 .D138 L8.
Life story, letters, essays, and writings about Dallapiccola and his work. Bibli-
ography, index. - Nicolodi, Fiamma. Parole e musica di Luigi Dallapiccola.Rev. ed. Milan: Il
Saggiatore, 1980. No ISBN. ML60 .D155.
First edition, as Appunti, incontri,1970. A valuable compilation of the com-
poser’s writings, including his observations on the music of others as well as
his own works. Long sections on Ulisse, Canti de prigionia,and Job. With 25
interviews, bibliography of 103 writings about Dallapiccola, expansive index. - Hess, Julia van. “Luigi Dallapiccolas Bühnenwerk Ulisse.” Ph.D. diss., U. of
Cologne, 1993.
Walter Damrosch (1862–1950)
The Scarlet Letteris in 19CAMT,v.16.
Aleksandr Sergeevich Dargomyzhskii (1813–1869)
- Taruskin, Richard. “The Stone Guestand Its Progeny.” In Opera and Drama
in Russia(#2648), 249–340.
The opera (Kammenyi gost’, 1872; completed by Cui) is “the very model of
‘reformist’ opera. No other music drama had ever so self-consciously and res-
olutely refused to be ‘operatic,’ not even Wagner’s.” The text of Pushkin’s Don
Juan play was virtually unaltered in the libretto; the composer literally set the
play to music. A “melodic recitative” or “arioso” style is employed, with
melody deemphasized; T chaikovsky called it “an opera without music.”
Direct influence on Rimsky-Korsakov is noted, but in the end The Stone Guest
did not affect mainstream practice in Russia. With extensive musical analysis,
unfortunately accompanied by faded examples. There is also a discussion of
Rusalka (1856, revived 1865), which was praised for its recitatives by Cui,
leading Dargomyzhskii to elaborate the idiom in The Stone Guest. The 150
footnotes lead into the relevant literature.
Antoine Dauvergne (1713–1797)
Les troqueursis in FO,v.51.
See also La Laurencie (#589).
Félicien David (1810–1876)
- Achter, M. J. “Félicien David, Ambroise Thomas, and French opéra-lyrique,
1850–1870.” Ph.D. diss., U. of Michigan, 1972. v, 341p.
150 Opera