Opera

voleuse” (sources for La gazza ladra); and M. Elizabeth Bartlet, “Staging

French Grand Opera: Rossini’s Guillaume Tell.” Two essays are entered sepa-

rately: Cesare Questa and Renato Raffaelli on Otello(#1591) and Janet John-

son on Rossini as theater director (#1575).

Periodicals

1570a. Centro Rossiniano de Studi. Bollettino, 1–, 1955–. Pesaro: Fondazione
Rossini, 1955–. Irregular. ML5 .C42.
Biographies

1571. Radiciotti, Giuseppe. Gioacchino Rossini: Vita documentata; opere ed
      influenza su l’arte. Tivoli: Chicca, 1927–1929. 3v. ML410 .R8 R22.
      A classic life and works, the basis for much of the later writing on Rossini.
      Fully documented, elegantly illustrated, with worklist, letters, and genesis
      studies for the operas. Extensive program notes but no technical analysis. The
      development of the composer’s style is well delineated, along with an assess-
      ment of his place in music history. Bibliography, name index.


1572. Rognoni, Luigi. Gioacchino Rossini.3rd ed. Turin: Einaudi, 1977. 559p.
      ML410 .R8 R73.
      First edition, 1956. A valuable biography, with ample notes and musical exam-
      ples. Program notes on the operas and a good study of the overtures. Worklist,
      compiled by Philip Gossett, gives premiere data, editions, and comments. The
      bibliography of some 300 titles is intended to supplement that of Radiciotti.
      Index of names, titles, and topics.


1573. Weinstock, Herbert. Rossini: A Biography. New York: Knopf; London:
      Oxford U.P., 1968. xviii, 560p. ML410 .R8 W35.
      A footnoted account of the composer’s life and times, with program notes for
      each opera. Includes the text of his will, the contract for Il barbiere di Siviglia,
      and other documents. Chronological worklist of the operas, with premiere
      information. Bibliography of about 600 items, name and title index.


1574. Osborne, Richard. Rossini. The Master Musicians. London: Dent, 1986.
      330p. ISBN 0-460-03179-1. ML410 .R8 O9.
      A useful life and works, documented and reflective of current research.
      Chronology, worklist, bibliography of about 150 items (conveniently arranged
      by composition covered), index of names and titles.


1575. Johnson, Janet. “Rossini, Artistic Director of the Théâtre Italien, 1830–1836.”
      In Gioachino Rossini, 1792–1992 (#1570) 599–622.
      Not seen; information from Gallo (see note at head of this Rossini section).
      Counters earlier opinion that Rossini was an inactive director, offering new
      documentation as evidence of his continuous participation in casting, selection
      of works for performance, and reconstituting the orchestra under a new con-
      ductor.
      See also New Grove Masters of Italian Opera(#2480).

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