Research Tools from the Text Arranged by Composer's Name

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

★6.2 Schmieder, Wolfgang. Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalichen Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach: Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV). 2nd ed. Wiesbaden, Ger.: Brietkopf and Härtel, 1990.

6.3 Schulze, Hans-Joachim, and Christoph Wolff. Bach Compendium: Analytisch-bibliographisches Repertorium der Werke Johann Sebastian Bachs (BC). 4 vols. Frankfurt: C. F. Peters, 1985–89.

6.17 McAll, May deForest [Payne]. Melodic Index to the Works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Rev. ed. New York: C. F. Peters, 1962.

7.1 Johann Sebastian Bach’s Werke. Edited by the Bach-Gesellschaft. 47 vols. Leipzig, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1851–99.

★7.2 Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke. Edited by the Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institute Göttingen and the Bach-Archiv, Leipzig. 104 vols. Kassel, Ger.: Bärenreiter, 1954–2007. NBA Revised ed. ongoing.

9.97 Melamed, Daniel R., and Michael Marissen. An Introduction to Bach Studies. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

★9.98 Tomita, Yo. Bach Bibliography: For the Global Community of Bach Scholars. Belfast: Queen’s University Belfast School of Music and Sonic Arts, 1997–. https://www.qub.ac.uk/~tomita/bachbib/.

★11.20 Neumann, Werner. Bilddokumente zur Lebensgeschichte Johann Sebastian Bachs/Pictorial Documents of the Life of Johann Sebastian Bach. Translated by Anne Wyburd. Bach-Dokumente, 4. Kassel, Ger.: Bärenreiter, 1979.

11.21 Schwendowius, Barbara, and Wolfgang Dömling, eds. Johann Sebastian Bach: Life, Times, Influence. Translated by John Coombs, Lionel Salter, and Gaynor Nitz. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1984.

Beethoven, Ludwig van

6.4 Dorfmüller, Kurt, Norbert Gertsch, and Julia Ronge. Ludwig van Beethoven: Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. Rev. ed. 2 vols. Munich: G. Henle, 2014.

7.3 Ludwig van Beethoven’s Werke: Vollständige kritisch durchgesehene überall berechtigte Ausgabe. Edited by Eusebius Mandyczewski and others. 25 series. Leipzig, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1862–88.

7.4 Supplemente zur Gesamtausgabe. Edited by Willy Hess. 14 vols. Wiesbaden, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1959–71.

★7.5 Werke. [New ed.] Edited by the Beethoven-Archiv, Bonn. Munich: G. Henle, 1961–. Ongoing, with 42 vols. published.

9.99 Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies. The Beethoven Bibliography Database. San JosÉ, CA: San JosÉ State University, 1993–. http://mill1.sjlibrary.org:83/search.

11.22 Bory, Robert. Ludwig van Beethoven: His Life and His Work in Pictures. Trans¬lated by Winifred Glass and Hans Rosenwald. New York: Atlantis Books, 1960.

★11.23 Schmidt-Görg, Joseph, and Hans Schmidt, eds. Ludwig van Beethoven. Trans¬lated by the editorial department of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. New York: Praeger, 1970.

Brahms, Johannes

6.5 McCorkle, Margit L., and Donald M. McCorkle. Johannes Brahms: Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. Munich: G. Henle, 1984.

★7.6 Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke. Edited by the Johannes Brahms Gesamtaus¬gabe eingetragener Verein and the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien. Munich: G. Henle, 1996–. Ongoing, with 27 vols. published.

7.7 Sämtliche Werke. Edited by Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien. 26 vols. Leipzig, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1926–27.

★9.100 Platt, Heather. Johannes Brahms: A Guide to Research. 2nd ed. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2011.

9.101 Quigley, Thomas. Johannes Brahms: An Annotated Bibliography of the Litera¬ture through 1982. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1990.

9.102 Quigley, Thomas, and Mary I. Ingraham. Johannes Brahms: An Annotated Bib¬liography of the Literature from 1982 to 1996, with an Appendix on Brahms and the Internet. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 1998.

★11.24 Boeck, Dieter. Johannes Brahms: Lebensbericht mit Bildern und Dokumenten. Kassel, Ger.: Georg Wenderoth, 1998.

11.25 Miller zu Aichholz, Viktor von, and Max Kalbeck. Ein Brahms-Bliderbuch. Vienna: R. Lechner, 1905.

Chopin, FrÉdÉric

6.6 Chominski, Józef M., and Teresa D. Turło. Katalog dzieł Fryderyka Chopina/A Catalogue of the Works of Frederick Chopin. Documenta Chopiniana, 4. Warsaw: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM), 1990.

★6.7 Kobylańska, Krystyna. FrÉdÉric Chopin: Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. Edited by Ernst Herttrich. Translated by Helmut Stolze. Munich: G. Henle, 1979.

7.8 Complete Works: According to the Autographs and Original Editions with Criti¬cal Commentary. Edited by Ignace J. Paderewski and others. 21 vols. Warsaw: Fryderyk Chopin Institute; Kraków: Polish Music Publications, 1949–62.

9.103 Smialek, William, and Maja Trochimczyk. FrÉdÉric Chopin: A Research and Information Guide. 2nd ed. New York: Garland, 2015.

★11.26 Burger, Ernst. FrÉdÉric Chopin: Eine Lebenschronik in Bildern und Doku¬menten. Munich: Hirmer, 1990.

11.27 Kobylańska, Krystyna. Chopin in His Own Land: Documents and Souvenirs. Translated by Claire Grece-Dabrowska and Mary Filippi. Kraków: Polish Music Publications, 1955.

Debussy, Claude

7.9 OEuvres complètes de Claude Debussy. Edited by François Lesure and others. 34 vols. Paris: Durand, 1985–2018.

9.104 Abravanel, Claude. Claude Debussy: A Bibliography. Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography, 29. Detroit, MI: Information Coordinators, 1974.

★9.105 Briscoe, James R. Claude Debussy: A Guide to Research. Garland Composer Resource Manuals, vol. 27. New York: Garland, 1990.

11.28 Lesure, François. Claude Debussy. Iconographie Musicale, vol. 4. Geneva: Edi¬tions Minkoff, 1975.

★11.29 Rackwitz, Werner. Il Caro Sassone: Georg Friedrich Händel, Lebensbe-schreibung in Bildern. Wiesbaden, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1986.

11.30 Rackwitz, Werner, and Helmut Steffens. George Frideric Handel: A Biography in Pictures. Leipzig, Ger.: VEB Edition, 1962.

Dufay, Guillaume

7.10 Opera Omnia. Edited by Heinrich Besseler. 6 vols. Corpus mensurabilis musi¬cae, 1. Rome: American Institute of Musicology, 1951–66. Vol. 6 was revised by David Fallows in 1995.

Handel, George Frideric

6.8 Baselt, Bernd. Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis. Händel-Handbuch, vols. 1–3. Kassel, Ger.: Bärenreiter, 1978–86.

7.11 George Frederic Händels Werke. Edited by the Deutschen Händel-Gesellschaft. 102 vols. Leipzig, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1858–1902.

★7.12 Hallische Händel-Ausgabe/Halle Handel Edition. Edited by the Georg Fried¬rich Händel-Gesellschaft. Kassel, Ger.: Bärenreiter, 1955–. Ongoing, with 89 vols. published.

9.106 Parker, Mary Ann. G. F. Handel: A Guide to Research. 2nd ed. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2005.

Haydn, Franz Joseph

6.9 Hoboken, Anthony van. Joseph Haydn: Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkver¬zeichnis. 3 vols. Mainz, Ger.: Schott, 1957–78.

6.18 Bryant, Stephen C., and Gary W. Chapman. A Melodic Index to Haydn’s Instrumental Music: A Thematic Locator for Anthony van Hoboken’s Thematisch¬bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis, Vols. I and III. Thematic Catalogues, no. 8. New York: Pendragon, 1982.

7.13 Werke. Edited by Haydn-Institute, Cologne. Munich: G. Henle, 1958–. Ongoing, with 111 vols. published.

9.107 Grave, Floyd K., and Margaret G. Grave. Franz Joseph Haydn: A Guide to Research. Garland Composer Resource Manuals, vol. 31. New York: Garland, 1990.

★11.31 Landon, H. C. Robbins. Haydn: A Documentary Study. New York: Rizzoli, 1981.

11.32 Somfai, László. Joseph Haydn: His Life in Contemporary Pictures. Translated by Mari Kuttna and Károly Ravasz. New York: Taplinger, 1969.

Ives, Charles

6.10 Sinclair, James B. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999.

9.108 Block, Geoffrey. Charles Ives: A Bio-Bibliography. Bio-Bibliographies in Music, no. 14. New York: Greenwood, 1988.

★9.109 Magee, Gayle Sherwood. Charles Ives: A Guide to Research. 2nd ed. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2010.

Josquin des Prez

★7.14 New Josquin Edition. Edited by Willem Elders and others. 29 vols. Utrecht, Neth.: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis (KVNM), 1987–2016.

7.15 Werken van Josquin des Prez. Edited by Albert Smijers and others. 55 vols. Amsterdam: G. Alsbach, 1921–69.

9.110 Charles, Sydney Robinson. Josquin des Prez: A Guide to Research. Garland Composer Resource Manuals, vol. 2. New York: Garland, 1983.

Landini, Francesco

★7.16 The Works of Francesco Landini. Edited by Leonard Ellinwood. Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, no. 36. Cambridge, MA: Mediaeval Acad¬emy of America, 1939.

7.17 The Works of Francesco Landini. Edited by Leo Schrade. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century, vol. 4. Monaco: Editions de l’Oiseau-Lyre, 1958.

Liszt, Franz

7.18 Franz Liszts Musikalische Werke. Edited by Franz Liszt-Stiftung. 33 vols. Leipzig, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1907–36.

★7.19 Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke/New Edition of the Complete Works. Edited by Zoltan Gárdonyi and others. Budapest: Editio Musica, 1970–. Ongoing, with 55 vols. published.

9.111 Saffle, Michael. Franz Liszt: A Guide to Research. 3rd ed. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2009.

11.33 Bory, Robert. La vie de Franz Liszt par l’image. Paris: Éditions des Horizons, 1936.

★11.34 Burger, Ernst. Franz Liszt: A Chronicle of His Life in Pictures and Documents. Translated by Stewart Spencer. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989.

11.35 ———. Franz Liszt in der Photographie seiner Zeit: 260 Portraits, 1843–1886. Munich: Hirmer, 2003.

Machaut, Guillaume de

★7.20 Musikalische Werke. Edited by Friedrich Ludwig and Heinrich Besseler. 4 vols. Leipzig, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1926–54.

7.21 The Works of Guillaume de Machaut. Edited by Leo Schrade. 2 vols. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century, vols. 2–3. Monaco: Editions de l’Oiseau- Lyre, 1956.

Monteverdi, Claudio

★7.22 Opera omnia. Edited by the Fondazione Claudio Monteverdi. Instituta et monumenta. Ser. 1. Monumenta, vol. 5. Cremona, It.: Fondazione Claudio Monte¬verdi, 1970–. Ongoing, with 18 vols. published.

7.23 Tutte le opere di Claudio Monteverdi. Edited by G. Francesco Malipiero. 17 vols. Asolo, It.: Malipiero; Vienna: Universal Edition, 1926–68.

9.112 Earp, Lawrence. Guillaume de Machaut: A Guide to Research. Garland Com¬poser Resource Manuals, vol. 36. New York: Garland, 1995.

Monteverdi, Claudio

9.113 Adams, K. Gary, and Dyke Kiel. Claudio Monteverdi: A Guide to Research. Garland Composer Resource Manuals, vol. 23. New York: Garland, 1989.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

6.11 Köchel, Ludwig Ritter von, et al. Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang AmadÉ Mozarts. 6th ed. Wiesbaden, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1964.

6.19 Hill, George R., and Murray Gould. A Thematic Locator for Mozart’s Works: As Listed in Koechel’s Chronologisch-Thematisches Verzeichnis—Sixth Edition. Music Indexes and Bibliographies, no. 1. Hackensack, NJ: J. Boonin, 1970.

★7.24 Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke. Edited by the Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum, Salzburg. 61 vols. Kassel, Ger.: Bärenreiter, 1955–91. Publication of supplement (ca. 25 vols.) is ongoing and is expected to be completed soon. Also available online free of charge at NMA Online at http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/nma/start.php?l=2.

7.25 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Werke. Edited by Johannes Brahms and others. 24 series. Leipzig, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1877–1905.

9.114 Du Mont, Mary. The Mozart–Da Ponte Operas: An Annotated Bibliography. Music Reference Collection, no. 81. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000.

★9.115 Hastings, Baird. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Guide to Research. Garland Composer Resource Manuals. New York: Garland, 1989.

11.36 Bory, Robert. The Life and Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Pictures. Geneva, Switzerland: Éditions contemporaries, 1948.

★11.37 Deutsch, Otto Erich, and Maximilian Zenger. Mozart and His World in Con¬temporary Pictures. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke. Series 10. Supplement. Werkgruppe, 32. Kassel, Ger.: Bärenreiter, 1961.

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da

9.116 Marvin, Clara. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: A Guide to Research. 2nd ed. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2010.

11.38 Bianchi, Lino, and Giancarlo Rostirolla. Iconografia palestriniana: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, immagini e documenti del suo tempo. L’arte armonica, Serie 4. Iconografia e cataloghi, 1. Lucca, It.: Libreria Musicale Italiana, 1994.

PÉrotin

7.27 The Works of Perotin. Edited by Ethel Thurston. New York: Kalmus, 1970.

Schoenberg, Arnold

7.28 Sämtliche Werke. Edited by the Akademie der Künste, Berlin. Mainz, Ger.: Schott; Vienna: Universal Edition, 1966–. Ongoing, with 74 vols. published.

10.30 Shoaf, R. Wayne. The Schoenberg Discography. 2nd ed. Fallen Leaf Press Reference Books in Music, 18. Berkeley, CA: Fallen Leaf, 1994.

11.39 Nono-Schoenberg, Nuria. Arnold Schönberg 1874–1951: Lebensgeschichte in Begegnungen. Klagenfurt, Aus.: Ritter Klagenfurt, 1992.

Schubert, Franz

6.12 Deutsch, Otto Erich, and Werner Aderhold. Franz Schubert: Thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge. New ed. Kassel, Ger.: Bärenreiter, 1978.

6.13 Johnson, Graham. Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014.

7.29 Franz Schubert’s Werke. Edited by Eusebius Mandyczewski, Johannes Brahms, and others. 39 vols. Leipzig, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1884–97.

★7.30 Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke. Edited by the Internationale Schubert-Gesellschaft. Kassel, Ger.: Bärenreiter, 1964–. Ongoing, with 69 vols. published.

11.40 Deutsch, Otto Erich. Franz Schubert: Die Dokumente seines Lebens und Schaffens. Vol. 3, Sein Leben in Bildern. Munich: G. Müller, 1913.

★11.41 Hilmar, Ernst. Schubert. Graz, Aus.: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1989.

Schumann, Robert

6.14 McCorkle, Margit L. Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. Mainz, Ger.: Schott, 2003.

7.31 Robert Schumann’s Werke. Edited by Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and others. 35 vols. Leipzig, Ger.: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1881–93.

★7.32 Sämtliche Werke/Complete Works. [New ed.] Edited by the Robert Schumann- Gesellschaft, Düsseldorf. Mainz, Ger.: Schott, 1991–. Ongoing, with 32 vols. published.

11.42 Burger, Ernst, Gerd Nauhaus, and the Robert Schumann House. Robert Schumann: Eine Lebenschronik in Bildern und Dokumenten. Mainz, Ger.: Schott, 1999. Also published as Eine Lebenschronik in Bildern und Doku¬menten. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke. Series 8. Supplement, Band 1. Mainz, Ger.: Schott, 1999.

Stravinsky, Igor

10.31 Stuart, Philip. Igor Stravinsky: The Composer in the Recording Studio, A Compre¬hensive Discography. Discographies, no. 45. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1991.

11.43 Craft, Robert. A Stravinsky Scrapbook: 1940–1971. Illustrations chosen by Patricia Schwark. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1983.

Verdi, Giuseppe

6.15 Hopkinson, Cecil. A Bibliography of the Works of Giuseppe Verdi, 1813–1901. 2 vols. New York: Broude Bros., 1973–78.

7.33 The Works of Giuseppe Verdi/Le opere di Giuseppe Verdi. Edited by Philip Gossett and others. Milan: G. Ricordi; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983–2025? Ongoing, with 17 vols. published.

9.117 Harwood, Gregory. Giuseppe Verdi: A Research and Information Guide. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2012.

11.44 Weaver, William. Verdi: A Documentary Study. London: Thames and Hudson, 1977.

Wagner, Richard

6.16 Deathridge, John, Martin Geck, and Egon Voss. Wagner Werk-Verzeichnis (WWV): Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke Richard Wagners und ihrer Quellen. Mainz, Ger.: Schott, 1986.

7.34 Sämtliche Werke. Edited by the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Richard Wagner- Gesamtausgabe and the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, München. Mainz, Ger.: Schott, 1970–. Ongoing, with 66 vols. published.

9.118 Saffle, Michael. Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide. 2nd ed. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2010.

10.32 Brown, Jonathan. Tristan und Isolde on Record: A Comprehensive Discogra¬phy of Wagner’s Music with a Critical Introduction to the Recordings. Dis¬cographies, no. 85. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000.

11.45 Barth, Herbert, Dietrich Mack, and Egon Voss. Wagner: A Documentary Study. New York: Oxford University Press, 1975.

★11.46 Bory, Robert. La vie et l’oeuvre de Richard Wagner par l’image. Geneva, Switzerland: Éditions A. Jullien, 1938.

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