Charles-Simon Favart (1710–1792)
Ninette à la couris in FO,v.50.
Vincenzo Fioravanti (1799–1877)
Il ritorno di Columella da Padovais in IO–1810,v.7.
Carlisle Floyd (1926–)
- McDevitt, F. J. “The Stage Works of Carlisle Floyd.” Ph.D. diss., Juilliard
School, 1975. - Pollack, Howard. “The Reconstruction of Jonathan Wade.” OQ8-1 (Spring
1991): 62–83.
The work was 80 percent revised after its unsuccessful 1962 premiere. The
changes are described. Program notes on the revision, musical examples.
Lukas Foss (1922–)
- Perone, Karen. Lukas Foss: A Bio-Bibliography.Bio-Bibliographies in Music,
- New York: Greenwood, 1988. viii, 282p. ISBN 0-313-26811-8. ML134
.F58 P4.
A useful worklist (in genre order), with critical commentaries cited. There are
only a few entries about The Celebrated Jumping Frog.
Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942)
- Mallach, Alan. “Alberto Franchetti and Cristoforo Colombo.” OQ9-2 (Win-
ter 1992): 12–30.
Genesis, program notes, reception, some biographical information.
See also Maehder (#2476).
François Francoeur (dit Le Cadet) (1698–1787)
Pirame et Thisbé and Scanderberg,both written with François Rebel, are in FO,v.36.
William Henry Fry (1813–1864)
- Smith, Edwin. “William Henry Fry’s Leonora.” D.M.A. diss., U. of Kentucky,
- 311p.
- Upton, William Treat. William Henry Fry.New York: Crowell, 1954. xv,
346p. Reprint, New York: Da Capo, 1974. ISBN 0-306-70625-3. ML410
.F965 U62.
Leonora (1845) was the first opera by an American to be staged. Its genesis is
well described here, with program notes and reception. Fry’s Aurelia the Vestal
(1841) is also discussed. With worklist, giving bibliographic details, but with-
out footnotes. Expansive index.
See also Gombert (#612).
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