Item Detail
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Griffel, Margaret Ross
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Block, Adrienne Fried
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Operas in German : a dictionary
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Book
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New York, N.Y.
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1990
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Greenwood Press
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xxviii, 735 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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0313252440; 9780313252440
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Opera--Dictionaries.
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Operas; German Operas
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ML 102 .O6 G75 1990
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Griffel, Margaret Ross. Operas in German: A Dictionary. Advisory editor, Adrienne Fried Block. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
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Selective guide to operas either translated or originally in German. Gives summaries of the operas dating from 1627 1989. Useful to producers and performers of German opera.
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Mostly works of composers born in German-speaking countries (Some composers from other countries, but only their German works are included). Composition dates from 16271989.
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Arranged alphabetically by opera title. Preface includes a brief history of German opera. Entries include brief summaries, first performance information, available scores, libretti, recordings, and bibliographies. Appendices include other operas not mentioned in the main part of the text; list of composers and librettists integrated alphabetically followed by their German works which the author included; authors of works adapted to or inspiring these operas and a list of the librettists' sources. Bibliography included at the end of the volume.
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Includes premier dates of the operas.
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Entries do not list composer's dates. 10 years outdated. Other works of the composers are not listed.
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Morgan, Paula. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 49 (September 1992): 168-69.http://www.jstor.org/stable/897246
Ossenkop, David. Choice 29 (April 1991): 1289. -
BYU Mus Ref
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1670