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Verdi: A Biography is a substantial biographical or documentary resource concerning Giuseppe Verdi. The dossier identifies the work by author and subject and places it within the history of performance, composition, institutions, repertory and reception where relevant. It is especially useful for distinguishing primary testimony, later recollection and…

This expanded dossier treats Monteverdi as a substantial source on Claudio Monteverdi. It records the bibliographic identity of the volume and situates the narrative within the artist’s chronology, professional network, repertory, institutional environment and reception. Particular attention is paid to the difference between first-person testimony, retrospective recollection and…

This dossier identifies The Monteverdi Companion by Denis Arnold and Nigel Fortune (eds.) as a distinct research source for Baroque music. It places the work within scholarship on the composer, repertory and institutions concerned while indexing title and author variants so that the record remains discoverable even when…

This dossier identifies The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi by John Whenham and Richard Wistreich (eds.) as a distinct research source for Baroque music. It places the work within scholarship on the composer, repertory and institutions concerned while indexing title and author variants so that the record remains discoverable…

This dossier identifies Music in the Baroque Era: From Monteverdi to Bach by Manfred F. Bukofzer as a distinct research source for Baroque music. It places the work within scholarship on the composer, repertory and institutions concerned while indexing title and author variants so that the record remains…

This dossier identifies The Musical Dialogue: Thoughts on Monteverdi, Bach and Mozart by Nikolaus Harnoncourt as a major source for the modern understanding of Baroque interpretation and historically informed performance. It is indexed by title, author and subject variants and highlights articulation, tempo, rhetoric, ornamentation, instrumental forces, source…

A curated dossier for The Operas of Verdi, Volume I by Julian Budden. The work is included for its direct relevance to opera history, vocal interpretation, repertory, or the biography of major operatic figures. The record is designed to make the book discoverable through both personal names and…

A curated dossier for The Operas of Verdi, Volume II by Julian Budden. The work is included for its direct relevance to opera history, vocal interpretation, repertory, or the biography of major operatic figures. The record is designed to make the book discoverable through both personal names and…

A curated dossier for The Operas of Verdi, Volume III by Julian Budden. The work is included for its direct relevance to opera history, vocal interpretation, repertory, or the biography of major operatic figures. The record is designed to make the book discoverable through both personal names and…

A curated dossier for Verdi: His Music, Life and Times by George Whitney Martin, selected for its direct relevance to opera history and the biography or analysis of major operatic repertory.

A curated dossier for Monteverdi and the End of the Renaissance by Gary Tomlinson. The work is included for its direct relevance to opera history, vocal interpretation, repertory, or the biography of major operatic figures. The record is designed to make the book discoverable through both personal names…

A curated dossier for Verdi with a Vengeance: An Energetic Guide to the Life and Complete Works of the King of Opera by William Berger. The work is included for its direct relevance to opera history, vocal interpretation, repertory, or the biography of major operatic figures. The record…

A curated dossier for The Complete Operas of Verdi by Charles Osborne. The work is included for its direct relevance to opera history, vocal interpretation, repertory, or the biography of major operatic figures. The record is designed to make the book discoverable through both personal names and work…