- Savage, Roger. “The Shakespeare-Purcell Fairy Queen: A Defense and Recom-
mendation.” Early Music1 (1973): 200–221.
The opera is based on Shakespeare’sA Midsummer Night’s Dream. Weber’s
Oberonfollowed the same play, and Savage compares the two approaches. He
also gives useful suggestions for performing the Purcell work, holding to the
style of Purcell’s time.
King Arthur
ASO163 (1995).
- Charleton, David. “King Arthur: A Dramatick Opera.” M&L64 (1983): 183–
A close analysis of text and music, with a study of the sources.
Sergei Vasil’evich Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
- Palmieri, Robert. Sergei Vasil’evich Rachmaninoff: A Guide to Research. Gar-
land Composer Resource Manuals, 3. New York: Garland, 1985. xvii, 335p.
ISBN 0-8240-8996-0. ML134 .R12 P3.
An outstanding handbook, including 375 annotated entries for the literature
(in Russian as well as the usual languages) for the secondary literature. Also a
worklist, an inventory of the Rachmaninoff performing repertoire, 12 illustra-
tions, and indexes of authors, names, subjects, and titles. Titles of works cited
are in Russian (Library of Congress transliteration) and English. The only
completed operas are Aleko(1893), The Miserly Knight(1906), and Francesca
da Rimini(1906). The literature about them is nearly all in Russian, summa-
rized in Palmieri’s entries. One English book has some coverage of the operas: - Norris, Geoffrey. Rakhmaninov.London: Dent, 1976. 211p. ISBN 0-460-
03134-7. ML410 .R12 N67.
A documented life and works, with worklist, chronology, bibliography, and
name index. Some discussion of the operas. Norris also wrote a short article in
program-note style about Aleko,“Rakhmaninov’s Student Opera,” MQ 59
(July 1973): 441–448. - Martyn, Barrie. Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor.Aldershot (En-
gland): Scolar, 1990. 584p. ISBN 0-85967-809-1. ML410 .R12 M17.
The principal life and works in English, based on archival Russian materials.
Alekohas program notes, p.57–64. Chapter endnotes, token bibliography,
name and title index.
Pietro Raimondi (1786–1853)
Il ventagliois in IO–1810,v.40.
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