Opera: A Research and Information Guide

Guy A. Marco

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Opera is the only guide to the research writings on all aspects of opera. This second edition presents 2,833 titles--over 2,000 more than the first edition--of books, parts of books, articles and dissertations with full bibliographic descriptions and critical annotations. Users will find the core literature on the operas of 320 individual composers and details of operatic life in 43 countries. All relevant works through to November 1999 have been considered, covering more than fifteen years of literature since the first edition was published.

Book Details

Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: Dec 22nd, 2000
Pages: 654
Language: English
Edition: undefined - 0002
Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 1.38in - 2.29lb
EAN: 9780815335160
Categories: • Genres & Styles - Opera• History & Criticism - General• Bibliographies & Indexes

About the Author

Guy A. Marco, now retired, was Dean of Kent State University's School of Library Science and Senior Fellow at Rosary College, Dominican University. He is the general editor of Garland's Composer Resource Manuals and Music Research and Information Guides series.

Praise for this book

"I find this an absolutely essential research tool. The best proof I can give is that I have room for exactly three books on opera in the tiny book shelf on my PC work-station, and that this is one of them." -- Tom Kaufman, The Opera Quarterly
"This effort surpasses the first edition in content, quality, and design." -- Choice
"An essential reference tool for all academic libraries as well as public libraries." -- Choice _
"[e]xtremely useful annotated bibliography...[Marco] deserves thanks for the enormous amount of research expended on [this] project." -- Opera Quarterly