Vincenzo Bellini: A Guide to Research

Contents

• Preface and Acknowledgements
• 1. Bellini's Life and Career Outline of Key Events in His Life Completed Operas; Casts of Premieres
• 3. Bibliographies, Works-Lists, Catalogues
• 5. Nineteenth-Century Assessments and Impressions
• 6. Encyclopedia and Dictionary Articles
• 7. Bellini Giovane: Origins, Youth in Catania, and Education
• 8. Biographical Studies, Character Studies from the Nineteenth Century
• 9. Circumstances Surrounding Bellini's Death and Burial
• 10. Necrologies; Elegies and Homages upon Bellini's Death
• 11. Homages and Reports of the Transfer of Bellini's Remains from Paris to Catania, 1876
• 12. Biographical and Character Studies surrounding the Bellini Centenaries (1901 and 1935)
• 13. Biographical and Character Studies after 1935
• 14. Letters and Documents
• 15. Libretto and Literary Source Studies; Historical and Cultural Studies
• 16. Exhibition Catalogs; Conferences; Congress Reports; Special Publications; Iconographies
• 17. General Aspects of Musical Style: Aesthetics, Analysis, Performance Practice, Influences, Compositional Process
• 18. Manuscript Studies; Collections; Collected Edition; Critical Evaluation of Editions of Bellini's Works
• 19. Studies of Individual Operas
• 20. Bellini's Non-Operatic Works
• 21. Bellini's Interpreters; Histories of Theaters; Bel Canto Style; Production Aspects
• 22. Discographies, Videographies, and Reviews
• 23. Discography of Bellini's Operas (in chronological order)
• 24. Special Topics, Focuses
• 25. Related Studies; Contemporaries of Bellini; General Surveys that Include a Discussion of Bellini
• 26. Glossary of People Associated with Bellini