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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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• Series Editor's Foreword(p. ix)
• Preface(p. xi)
• A Short History of Verdi Studies(p. xi)
• Purpose and Scope of This Volume(p. xxi)
• Acknowledgments(p. xxix)
• Chapter 1. Bibliographies, Catalogues, Descriptions of Special Archives and Collections(p. 3)
• General Bibliographies and Catalogues of Verdi's Music(p. 3)
• General Bibliographies of Secondary Literature About Verdi(p. 5)
• Specific Archives and Collections: Descriptive Material and Catalogues(p. 8)
• Chapter 2. Correspondence and Other Documents(p. 11)
• General Collections of Letters and Documents(p. 11)
• Letters and Documents Organized by Correspondent(p. 17)
• Letters and Documents Related to Specific Works(p. 32)
• Miscellaneous(p. 35)
• Chapter 3. Iconographies(p. 37)
• Chapter 4. Biographies; General Studies of Life and Works(p. 43)
• Early Biographical Works First Published Through ca. 1900(p. 43)
• Biographical Material First Published Between 1901-1930(p. 47)
• Biographical Material First Published Between 1931-1965(p. 50)
• Biographical Material First Published From 1966 to the Present(p. 53)
• Chapter 5. Studies of People Associated With Verdi(p. 65)
• Giuseppina Strepponi(p. 65)
• Librettists(p. 67)
• Publishers(p. 69)
• Other Associates(p. 71)
• Chapter 6. Conference and Congress Reports(p. 75)
• Chapter 7. General Studies(p. 79)
• Chapter 8. Verdi's Milieu(p. 83)
• Musical and Cultural Milieu(p. 83)
• Political and Social Milieu(p. 96)
• Chapter 9. Performance History; Reception; Locative Studies(p. 99)
• Performance History and General Studies of Reception(p. 99)
• Locative Studies(p. 101)
• Chapter 10. Verdi's Influence and Historical Position(p. 111)
• Chapter 11. General Studies About Verdi's Music(p. 117)
• Dramaturgy and Aesthetics(p. 124)
• Compositional Process(p. 140)
• Stylistic and Analytical Studies(p. 142)
• Vocal and Orchestral Performance Practice(p. 160)
• Staging and Scenography(p. 166)
• Chapter 12. Studies About Individual Operas(p. 173)
• Aida(p. 173)
• Alzira(p. 183)
• Attila(p. 184)
• Un ballo in maschera(p. 186)
• La battaglia di Legnano(p. 191)
• Il corsaro(p. 192)
• Don Carlos(p. 193)
• I due Foscari(p. 206)
• Ernani(p. 207)
• Falstaff(p. 213)
• La forza del destino(p. 220)
• Un giorno di regno(p. 227)
• Giovanna d'Arco(p. 229)
• I lombardi/Jerusalem(p. 230)
• Luisa Miller(p. 232)
• Macbeth(p. 233)
• I masnadieri(p. 242)
• Nabucco(p. 244)
• Oberto(p. 246)
• Otello(p. 248)
• Rigoletto(p. 258)
• Simon Boccanegra(p. 268)
• Stiffelio/Aroldo(p. 275)
• La traviata(p. 281)
• Il trovatore(p. 286)
• Les vepres siciliennes(p. 293)
• Chapter 13. Never Realized Operatic Plans(p. 299)
• L'Assedio di Firenze(p. 299)
• Lorenzino de'Medici(p. 299)
• Re Lear(p. 300)
• Chapter 14. Non-Operatic Works(p. 303)
• Messa da Requiem(p. 303)
• Mass for Rossini(p. 306)
• Quattro pezzi sacri(p. 307)
• String Quartet(p. 308)
• Miscellaneous Compositions(p. 308)
• Chapter 15. Discographies and Videographies(p. 313)
• Chapter 16. Libretto Collections(p. 317)
• Chapter 17. Editions and Editing Practices(p. 319)
• Catalogue of Verdi's Compositions(p. 323)
• Contents of The Works of Giuseppe Verdi/Le Opere di Giuseppe Verdi(p. 327)
• Locations of Premiere Performances of Verdi's Operas(p. 329)
• Verdi's Librettists and Other Collaborators(p. 331)
• Literary Sources for Verdi's Operas(p. 335)
• Some Alternate Titles Associated With Verdi's Operas(p. 341)
• Chronology of Verdi's Life(p. 343)
• A Short Biographical Dictionary of People Associated With Verdi(p. 355)
• Index of Authors, Editors and Translators(p. 365)
• Subject Indexes(p. 375)
• General Items About Verdi(p. 375)
• Verdi's Correspondence With Specific Individuals(p. 376)
• Verdi's Music (General Topics)(p. 377)
• Verdi's Music (Individual Compositions)(p. 379)
• General Index(p. 388)

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CHOICE Review

In the 160 years since the great Italian opera composer Verdi enjoyed his first successes, innumerable titles have been published worldwide concerning his life and works. Harwood (Georgia Southern Univ.) has sifted and organized this daunting mass into a concise survey of "the most significant materials published through 1995." Since it is intended to aid scholarly research, it excludes general materials from magazines and newspapers, and is made up of 1,036 annotated citations drawn from published biographies, bibliographies, correspondence, and the like, organized in chapters with precise, useful titles like "Studies about Individual Operas." The citations are cross-indexed by subject. Also included are a chronology of Verdi's life and the valuable "Biographical Dictionary of People Associated with Verdi." The preface is an illuminating essay that states the parameters of the work, gives an outline of Verdi scholarship, and describes the two major repositories of Verdiana. This excellent reference source for anyone beginning a serious study of Verdi is strongly recommended to all university libraries supporting music programs. J. L. Patterson; University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire