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Mordden, Ethan

Demented : the World of the Opera Diva

New York: Franklin Watts, 1984. 310 p.

24 illus., 27-item bibliography, index.

Blyth, Alan (editor)

Opera on Record.

New York: Harper Colophon Books, 1982. 663 p.

39 illus.

1st edition London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., 1979

Note: Select index of artists, opera discographies of 22 composers compiled by Malcolm Walker.

Schonberg, Harold C.

Facing the Music

New York: Summit Books, 1981.464 p.

Note: A series of republlshed revlews and articles

Jefferson, Alan

The Glory of opera

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976.192 p.

illustr.

Note: Part VII "Great Singers of the Twentieth Century"

Rushmore, Robert

The Singing Voice

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1971. xx, 332 p.

37 Illus., bib

Pleasants, Henry

The Great Opera Singers from the Dawn of Opera to our Own Time

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966 [London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967]. 352 p.

147 illus., bib

Thomas, John Charles

Armitage, Merle

Accents on Life.

Foreword by John Charles Thomas

Ames: The Iowa State University Press, 1964. xv, 386 p.

24 p. plates, 53 illus.

Note: Memoirs of a talented impresario

Natan, Alex

Primadonna : Lob der Stimmen

Basil: Basilius Presse, 1962.142 p.

discography of releases as of April 1961.

96 illus.

Note: Critical evaluations of fifty of the premiere female vocalists of this century.

Noble, Helen Klaffky

Life with the Met

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1954.250 p.

Note: Helen Noble was a secretary at the Met

Taubman, Howard

Music on My Beat : an Intimate Volume of Shop Talk

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943. viii, 267 p.

Gatti-Casazza, Giulio

Memories of the Opera

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941.

Reprint:

1977. xii, 326 p.

18 illus.

Henderson, William James

The Art of Singing

New York: The Dial Press, 1937.

Reprint:

1978. xviii, 509 p. index.

Martens, Frederick Herman

The Art of the Prima Donna and Concert Singer

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1923.

Reprint:

1977. xiv, 293 p.

20 illus.