Collections of Essays
63.The Garland Library of the History of Music. Ed. Ellen Rosand. New York:
Garland, 1985. 14v. ISBN varies with each volume. ML1700 .O63. (Cited as
GLin this guide.)
Consists of reprints of 170 articles, most in English. A cross section of musico-
logical endeavor is the result, with major operatic scholars well represented.
As articles on opera are noted later in this guide, inclusion in the Garland
Librarywill be noted.
64.Festschrift Friedrich Blume zum 70. Geburtstag. Ed. Anna Amalie Abert and
Wilhelm Pfannkuch. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1963. 426p. ML55 .B58.
Many useful essays, including several on opera that have separate entries in
this guide: #350 (Grout on early chorus), #1962 (Vetter on Wagenseil), and
#2020 (Engel on Das Liebesverbot).- Cone, Edward T. Music: A View from Delft; Selected Essays. Ed. Robert P.
Morgan. Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 1989. ix, 334p. ISBN 0-276-11469-4.
ML60 .C773 M9.
A variety of writings by Cone, including two important pieces on opera; they
are treated later in this guide: “The World of Opera and Its Inhabitants”
(#405), and “The Old Man’s Toys: Verdi’s Last Operas” (#1880). - Cooper, Martin. Judgements of Value: Selected Writings on Music.Ed. Domi-
nic Cooper. New York: Oxford U.P., 1988. xiv, 339p. ISBN 0-19-311929-3.
ML60 .C822.
Among the varied essays in this collection, there are several on operatic mat-
ters, including one on Gounod and another on Meyerbeer. Indexed.
67.Essays on Music for Charles Warren Fox.Ed. Jerald C. Grave. Rochester,
N.Y.: Eastman School of Music, 1979. ix, 253p. ISBN 0-9603-1860-7. ML55
.F68 E844.
Among the writings there are three of operatic interest, all dealt with later in
this guide: Fritz Noske on Otello(#1907), Michael Collins on Alessandro
Scarlatti’s Tigrane” (#1622), and Robert M. Stevenson, “American Awareness
of the Other Americas to 1900” (#2115).
68.Music and Theatre: Essays in Honour of Winton Dean.Ed. Nigel Fortune.
New York: Cambridge U.P., 1987. xv, 389p. ISBN 0-521-3234-7. ML55 .D36.
Four of the contributions are taken up later in this guide: Reinhard Strohm on
Giustino(#986), Julian Budden on Wagnerian tendencies in Italian opera
(#2472), Philip Brett on Peter Grimesand The Rape of Lucretia(#645), and
John Warrack on Mendelssohn (#1181). - Dean, Winton. Essays on Opera. New York: Oxford U.P., 1991. x, 323p.
ISBN 0-19-315265-7. ML1700 .D4.
Previously published material, some of it revised for this anthology. Includes
some brief and very general items and also some of Dean’s major efforts, which
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