all the writing about music and opera is in Russian or Ukrainian; a selection of that
material is in IOM3406–3436. The titles given here have features of use to those who
do not read Russian.
- Stefanovych, Mykhaïlo Pavlovych. Kyïvs’kyi Derzhavnï Ordena Lenina Aka-
demichnyï Teatr Opery ta Baletu URSR imeni T. H. Shevchenka.2nd ed. Kiev:
Zhovten’, 1966. 274p. ML1741.8 .K5 S8.
First edition, 1960. Musical life in Kiev during the 19th century; opera in
Ukraine from 1867 to 1917; and the Akademichnyï Teatr (Shevchenko State
Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet) from 1917 to 1967. Chronology
1917–1967, along with names of staff (not singers). Illustrations, no index. - Stanischevs’kyi, Iurii Oleksandrovych. Opernyi teatr Radians’koi Ukraïny:
Istoriia i suchasnist’. Kiev: Muzychna Ukraïna, 1988. 246, [40] p. of plates.
ISBN 58-8510-0209. ML1741 .S86.
A plain history of opera in Kiev, with bibliographic references but with no
chronologies, index, or other reference features.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom (U.K.) comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ire-
land. Great Britain—usually termed “Britain”—the larger of the two principal
islands, includes England, Scotland, and Wales.
Music in General
2701.The Lost Chord: Essays on Victorian Music.Ed. Nicholas Temperley.Bloom-
ington: Indiana U.P., 1989. 180p. ISBN 0-25333-3518-33. ML285.4 .L68.
A scholarly study of the period, with theatrical music covered in a chapter on
English romantic opera and a chapter on Verdi in the U.K. Index, no bibliogra-
phy.
2702.The New Grove Twentieth Century English Masters.Ed. Diana McVeagh et
al. New York: Norton, 1986. 307p. ISBN 0-393-02285-4. ML286.5 .N48.
Articles from NG,with updated worklists and an index. Composers covered
are Elgar, Delius, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Walton, Tippett, and Britten.The British Music Yearbook(1975–) gives directory information and occasional lists.
London Musical Events (1946–) is a monthly calendar.
Opera
- White, Eric Walter. A History of English Opera.2nd ed. London: Faber &
Faber, 1983. 472p. plus 32p. of plates. ISBN 0-571-10788-5. ML1731 .W59.
First edition, asThe Rise of English Opera(New York: Philosophical Library;
London: Lehmann, 1951). Development of opera in Britain up to the 1970s;
treats composers, librettists, management, and organizations. List of about
750 works with premiere dates; list of operas produced in English translation.
The author notes the “increase and sharpening of focus in the last 30 years or
so,” as over 150 new operas were produced 1945–1975. Bibliography; name,
title, and theater index.
500 Opera