Item Detail
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Dillard, Philip H.
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How quaint the ways of paradox! : an annotated Gilbert & Sullivan bibliography
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Book
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Metuchen, N.J.
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1991
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Scarecrow Press
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viii, 208 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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0810824450; 9780810824454
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Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900--Bibliography.
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Compositions; Composers; Nineteenth Century; Sir William Schwenck Gilbert; Sir Arthur Sullivan
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ML 134 .S97 D5 1991
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Dillard, Philip H. How Quaint the Ways of Paradox!: An Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan Bibliography. Metuchen, New Jersey and London: The Scarecrow Press, 1991.
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Concise bibliography of works by and about Gilbert and Sullivan. Designed for the examination of productions beyond their comic operas. Useful in finding books and articles about Gilbert and Sullivan's style and history, arrangements of their pieces, and explanations of past productions and performance practices.
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Presents the entire span of Gilbert and Sullivan's joint and separate careers. Includes a variety of source types such as biography, scores, dictionaries, articles, journals, etc. Seeks to be comprehensive within the limits of English language publications.
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Entries arranged by literary type into nine category chapters: Biography and History; Analysis and Criticism; Concordances, Handbooks, and Dictionaries; Production; Juvenile; Collected Librettos, Plays, and Poems; Musical Scores; Bibliography and Discography. Each entry contains complete bibliographic citation and descriptive commentary. A Chronology Chart, Title Index, and Name Index follow. Within each section the citations are listed alphabetically according to the author's last name. Includes appendixes which give a timeline of the first publication and/or first performance of each of Gilbert and Sullivan's collaborative works. The annotations in this book are brief, ranging from a paragraph to a single sentence statement.
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Dillard, P.H. Opera 43 (February 1992): 200+.
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BYU Mus Ref
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3059