The Bartered Bride
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RESOURCES AND RECORDINGS
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Overture to The Bartered Bride 56K | Broadband Music clip provided by Naxos |
BOOKS AND ARTICLES
The Bartered Bride and Smetana
Arblaster, Anthony. Viva la Liberta! Politics in Opera. NY: Verso, 1992.
The Bartered Bride. Smetana/Sabina. English version by Joan Cross and Eric Crozier. NY: Boosey & Hawkes.
Harrold, Robert & Phyllida Legg. Folk Costumes of the World. UK: Blandford, 1986.
Tyrrell, John. Czech Opera. NY: Cambridge Press, 1988.
Opera/General
The Definitive Kobbe's Opera Book
Donington, Robert. Opera and its Symbols. Yale University Press, 1990.
Elliott, Donald. Lambs' Tales from Great Operas. Cambridge: Harvard Press, 1981. / Fun illustrations and irreverent introduction for older elementary students and up.
Englander, Roger. Opera: What's All the Screaming About? New York: Walker and Company, 1983.
Holden, Amanda, Nicholas Kenyon & Stephen Walsh, ed. The Viking Opera Guide. Penguin Group of Viking Press, 1993.
Hurd, Michael. Young People's Guide to Opera.
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Ed. Stanley Sadie, NY, MacMillan Press Limited, 1996. Four Volumes. The definitive source for opera information.
The Oxford Dictionary of Opera. Ed John Wairack and Ewan West. NY: Oxford University Press, 1992.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera. Ed. Roger Parker. NY: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Parker, Roger, ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Plaut, Eric A. Grand Opera: Mirror of the Western Mind. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1993.
Plotkin, Fred. Opera 101. New York: Hyperion, 1994.
Rosenberg, Jane. Sing Me A Story. New York: Thames & Hudson, Inc., 1989. /Fifteen operas are retold in story form.
Stroff, Stephen M. Opera: An Informal Guide. Chicago: A cappella books, 1992. /Includes CD and video recommendations.
Thee, Christian. Behind the Curtain: Your Own Backstage Tour in Look-Through and Pull-up Panels. New York: Workman, 1994. /A performance of Hansel & Gretel as a device to learn about opera production
Warrack, John and Ewan West. The Oxford Dictionary of Opera. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
AUDIO RECORDINGS
Britten, Peter Grimes, Britten, Royal Covent Garden Orchestra, London/Decca #2LH3 414577
Copland. Appalachian Spring, Rodeo etc, Sony Classical #SMK 63082
Debussy, La Mer, Noctures, etc, Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra, Deutsche Gramaphone, #39896
Dvorak. Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (1-8); Op. 72 (9-16). DG Galleria, #2GGA419056
Ellington, The River, BMG #KAZCD507
Handel, Water Music, Mariner, St. Martin in the Fields, Phillips #2PH416447
Mendelssohn, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Berlin Classics, #9157
Rossini, Barber of Seville Highlights, Levine, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera # RO 70656
Smetana. The Bartered Bride. Kosler, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; 1981 SUPRAPHON-CD-1 10641. (Highlights; in Czech)
Smetana, The Bartered Bride (orchestra excerpts), Wordsworth, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Naxos 8.550376
Smetana. Ma Vlast, Wit, Polish NSRO, Naxos 8.550931
MULTI-MEDIA
Compton's New Media, Inc. Compton's Encyclopedia Deluxe 1999. The Learning Company, 1999. CD-ROM.
Grolier Electronic Publishing Inc. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 1997. Danbury, CT.: Grolier Electronic Publishing Inc., 1996. CD-ROM.
Hammond, Susan. Classical Kids. Various books, recordings, videos and a integrated pack forteachers called The Classroom Collection. Very high quality and fun.
Harmonic Vision. Music Ace®. CD-ROM. /A series of 24 lessons designed to develop and reinforce fundamental music skills.
Merriam-Webster Inc. Webster's Family Encyclopedia. Chatsworth, CA.: Cambrix Publishing Inc., 1997. CD-ROM.
Microsoft Corp. Encarta 98 Encyclopedia Deluxe Edition. Seattle: Microsoft Corp.,1998. CD-ROM. /Provides sound and video clips, plus Internet utilities and search tools.
Subotnick, Morton. Making Music. Voyager CD-ROMS. /Children learn the basics of musical composition in a visually and aurally interactive format.
Van der Meer, Ron and Michael Berkeley. The Music Pack: A three-dimensional Tour through the creation of music over the centuries. NY: Knopf, 1994. lncl.75 minute CD.