Société Française d’Imprimerie et de la Librairie, 1906. xxvi, 213p. Reprint,
Geneva: Minkoff, 1972. ISBN 2-8266-0350-7. ML270.8 .N19.
Describes all musical activities, including opera; with accounts of the repertoire,
socioeconomic matters, music schools, instruments, and individual musicians.Rouen
- Geispitz, Henri. Histoire du Théâtre-des-Arts de Rouen, 1882–1913. Rouen:
Lestrignant, 1913.
Neither this book nor a second volume covering 1913–1940 (Rouen: Lecerf,
1951) was examined. Described in Kaufmanas a seasonal account of compa-
nies and repertoire, with casts and dates for most productions.Savoie(English: Savoy)
- Dufour, Auguste, and François Rabut. Les musiciens, la musique et les instru-
ments de musique en Savoie du XIIe au XIXe siècle. Chambery: Albert Bot-
tero, 1878. 232p. Reprint, Geneva: Minkoff, 1972. ISBN 2-8266-0326-4.
ML270.7 .S29 D8.
A chronological review of all musical activity, with relevant documents pre-
sented. Index of names and topics.
Germany (German: Deutschland; French: Allemande; Italian: Germania)
Much of the literature reflects the division of the country after World War II into Bun-
desrepublik Deutschland (BRD), or West Germany, and Deutsche Demokratische
Republik (DDR), or East Germany. Postwar literature on opera in Berlin was also
divided, according to the control of the city by the BRD (the West Berlin zone) and
DDR (the East Berlin zone). Die Deutsche Oper was in West Berlin, while Die Staats-
oper and Die Komische Oper were in East Berlin. These geographical aspects were
annulled with the reunification of Germany in 1990 under the official name Bundesre-
publik Deutschland.
Editions
2343.German Opera 1770–1800.Ed. Thomas Bauman. New York: Garland, 1985–- 22v. ISBN and LC numbers vary with individual volumes. (Cited in this
guide as GO.)
Consists of facsimiles of scores and libretti for 20 operas. Each is entered sepa-
rately under its composer in this guide.
Music in General
The most comprehensive history of German music is the book-length article in MGG.
In English there is a useful source:
2344.Of German Music: A Symposium. Ed. Hans-Hubert Schönzeler. New York:
Barnes & Noble, 1976. 321p. ISBN 0-06-496113-3. ML275.1 .O4.
Essays by various authors, which taken together form a coherent history from
the baroque into the mid-20th century. Worklists, name and subject index.Germany 437