- Claro, Samuel. “Música dramática en el Cuzco durante el siglo XVIII y catá-
logo de manuscritos de música del seminario de San Antonio Abad (Cuzco,
Perú).” Yearbook for Inter-American Musical Research5 (1969): 1–48.
A scholarly, documented, 23-page examination of colonial-era musical theater
in Cuzco, followed by a 16-page classified catalogue of music manuscripts in
the Cuzco seminary. Musical examples. - Prieto, Juan Sixto. “El Perú en la música escénica.” Fénix, revista de la Bib-
lioteca Nacional9 (1953): 278–351. Z761 .F35.
A chronology (without casts) of operas, ballets, and other musical dramatic
works with Peruvian subject matter, 1658–1927. Bibliographic data and per-
formance history; mostly concerns European composers and production.
Footnotes, many illustrations, bibliography of about 90 sources. Title, com-
poser, and librettist indexes.
Poland (Polish: Polska; German: Polen)
Almost all the scholarly literature is in Polish. Since those writings are cited in Smialek
(#2615) they are mostly passed over in this guide. A few titles are entered here if they
present lists or other reference features that are accessible to those who do not read
the language.
- Smialek, William. Polish Music: A Research and Information Guide.Music
Research and Information Guides, 12. New York: Garland, 1989. xii, 260p.
ISBN 0-8240-4614-5. ML120 .P6 S6.
A valuable handbook of writings on all aspects of Polish music and musical
life, consisting of 989 annotated entries and an index of names and topics.
There are 36 references to opera in the index, most of them in Polish. - JarociQski, Stefan. Polish Music.Warsaw: PWN, 1965. viii, 327p. ML306
.J28.
Essays on various aspects of musical culture, among them a collection of opera
statistics, 1949–1962, and a historical chronology through 1963. Excellent
bibliography of about 200 items, name index. - Glowacki, John M. “The History of Polish Opera.” Ph.D. diss., Boston U.,
- 215p.
Discusses early opera in the country and works by Polish composers and lists
all Polish operas with their premiere dates. - Abraham, Gerald. “The Early Development of Opera in Poland.” In Essays on
Opera(#72), 148–165.
A useful summary, beginning with the earliest performance of opera in the
country (1633) and the first Polish opera (1778). Titles are in Polish, and there
are 40 reference footnotes. - Neuer, Adam. Polish Opera and Ballet of the Twentieth Century: Operas, Bal-
lets, Pantomimes, Miscellaneous Works. Krakow: Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne, 1986. 132p. ISBN 83-2240-3003. ML1736.5 .P6413.
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