The Devil to Pay,and The Disappointment.Scores and libretti are printed as
they were first published, without notes, comments, or indexing.
113.Early Romantic Opera.Ed. with introductions by Philip Gossett and Charles
Rosen. New York: Garland, 1978–1984. 44v. ISBNs and LC numbers vary per
volume. (Cited in this guide as ERO.)
These are full orchestral scores, photocopied from manuscript or rare early
printed sources. Major works by Bellini, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Donizetti, Auber,
Cherubini, Halévy, Le Sueur, Méhul, and Spontini are included. All the operas
in the set are noted individually under their composers in this guide.The next work is a helpful guide to the musical anthologies:
- Hill, George Robert, and Norris L. Stephens. Collected Editions, Historical
Series and Sets, and Monuments of Music: A Bibliography. Fallen Leaf Refer-
ence Books in Music, 14.Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf, 1997. xliv, 1,349p.
ISBN 0-914913-32-0. ML113 .H55.
Some 8,000 titles given, with every volume of a series listed. Inclusion is lim-
ited to works containing music (as opposed to writings about music). Full bib-
liographic data given, with reprint information. Effectively replaces the earlier
guide to anthologies by Anna Harriet Heyer, Historical Sets, Collected Edi-
tions, and Monuments of Music(Chicago: American Library Association,
1980; Duckles5.511), except that the planned index has not yet appeared.
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