tion. Name index and title index of about 1,400 names. The next item pro-
vides some later data.
- Sällström, Åke. Opera på Stockholmsoperan.Stockholm: Norstedt, 1977.
197p. ISBN 91-773051-1. ML1745.8 .S82 K86.
A popular, illustrated history of the Royal Opera Company. Includes a list of
artists, with portraits and works they have sung, and a title list of all operas
performed through 1977 (names in original languages or in Swedish) with
dates. Name index.
A guide to a large body of publications about Swedish music:
- Davidsson, Åke. Bibliografi over svensk musiklitteratur 1800–1945 = Bibliog-
raphy of Swedish Music Literature 1800–1945. 2nd ed. Stockholm: Almqvist
& Wiksell, 1980. 267p. ISBN 91-85092-10-X. ML120 .S8 D33.
First edition, 1948. A classified list of 6,756 titles by and about Swedish music;
no annotations. Author and title index.
2691.Fran Sveagaldrar till Reliken: Svenska musikdramatiska verk 1890–1975.
Stockholm: Swedish Music Information Center, 1977. 58p. ISBN 91-85470-
04-X.
About 150 operas listed by title. Cast requirements, instrumentations, dura-
tions, and publishers. Composer index.
Short articles on artists, events, and recordings appear in the journal Musikrevy:
Nordisk tidskrift för musik och grammofon, 1–, 1946–; ML5 .M9635. A special issue
(1967) in English dealt with “Swedish Music Past and Present.” The website
Switzerland (French: Suisse; German: Der Schweiz; Italian: Svizzera)
- Gaillard, Paul-André. “Les compositeurs suisses et l’opéra.” Schweizerische
Musikzeitung114 (July–August 1974): 219–225; 114 (September–October
1974): 280–286. ML5 .S34.
Consists of interviews with opera composers and comments on their works.
Gaillard states that there is no specifically Swiss style of opera. Footnotes lead
to important earlier literature, and there is a bibliography of 15 items. An
older view appeared in the same journal: - Refardt, Edgar. “Schweizer Oper und Opernkomponister.” Schweizerische
Musikzeitung85 (1945): 385–389.
An inventory of names and titles, with some commentary, covering activity
from the 18th century to the 20th.
Cities and Regions
Basel
- Merian, Wilhelm. Basels Musikleben im XIX. Jahrhundert.Basel: Helbing und
Lichtenhahn, 1920. xi, 238p. ML320.8 .B31 M5.
498 Opera