- Sharp, Stuart Walter. “The Twilight of French opéra lyrique,1880–1900.”
D.M.A. diss., U. of Kentucky, 1975.
“Best English work on Lakmé”—Studwell (#447). - Cronin, Charles P. D., and Betje Black Klier. “Théodore Pavie’s Les babouches
du Brahmaneand the story of Delibes’s Lakmé.” OQ12-4 (Summer 1996):
19–34.
Proposes the source of the opera to be Pavie’s work and not, as supposed,
Pierre Loti’s Rarahu. Useful comments about other aspects of the work.
Frederick Delius (1862–1934)
750.The Delius Companion. Rev. ed. Ed. Christopher Redwood. London: Calder,- 270p. ISBN 0-7145-3526-5. ML410 .D35 D44.
First edition, 1976. A handy gathering of life-and-works essays by various
authors. One is “Delius as Composer of Opera” by Redwood. It gives genesis
and program notes for Koangaand A Village Romeo and Juliet. Indexed. - Randel, William. “Koangaand Its Libretto.” M&L52 (1971): 141–156.
Extensive genesis account, program notes, description of the manuscript score,
reception.
Henri Desmarets (1661–1741)
Didonis in FO,v.12, and Iphigénie en Taurideis in FO,v.21.
Paul Dessau (1894–1979)
752.Paul Dessau von Geschichte gezeichnet: Symposion, Hamburg 1994.Hotheim:
Wolke, 1994. 206p. ISBN 3-923997-63-9. ML410 .D46 S94.
Of the 15 papers in this collection, two are on the operas: Gerhard Müller,
“Zeitgeschichtliche Aspekte der Lukullos-Debatte”; and Gerd Rienäcker,
“Utopien, Illusionen, Desillusionen in Paul Dessaus Oper Leonce und Lena.”André Cardinal Destouches (1672–1749)
In FO: Issé, v.14; Callirhoé,v.15; Les éléments,v.16.
- Kimbell, David R. B. “The AmadisOperas of Destouches and Handel.” M&L
49 (1968): 329–346.
Genesis and detailed text comparison of the two works, bringing out differ-
ences between French tradition and the Italian/English traditions as exempli-
fied in London, 1712–1715.
François Devienne (1759–1803)
Les visitandinesis in FO, v.72.
Nicolas (Alexandre) Dezède (1740/1745–1792)
Blaise et Babetis in FO,v.67.
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