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Eric Sams
Collected Essays, Reviews and Letters
on Music, on Shakespeare, on Cryptography
WORKS ON MUSIC I
a) Books
b) Contributions to
books and series
c) Essays
d) Articles,
work-lists
e) Music editions
f)
Radio and TV
scripts g) Opera
reviews h) Song translations
next i)
Music Reviews
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1. |
The Songs of
Hugo Wolf, Methuen 1961, Eulenburg 2/1983, 3/1992, Faber Finds 4/2008 |
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[pp. xii, 401; ISBN 0
903873 32 X] [1]
[2]
[3] |
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2. |
The Songs of
Robert Schumann, Methuen 1969, Eulenburg 2/1975, 3/1993, Faber Finds
4/2008 |
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[pp. xii, 292;
ISBN 0 903873 18 4] [1] [2] [3]
(Italian trans. I Lieder di Robert Schumann, Analogon 2009) |
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3. |
Brahms Songs, BBC 1972, 2/1980 [pp. 68; ISBN 0 563 10431 7]
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[2]
[3] |
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(French
trans. Les Lieder de Johannes Brahms, Actes Sud 1989;
Italian trans. Introduzione ai Lieder di |
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Brahms,
Analogon
2008) |
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The
Songs of Johannes Brahms, Yale 2000 [pp. xii, 370; ISBN 0 300 07962 1]
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[2]
[3] |
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b) CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS AND SERIES |
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| 1. |
The
Songs in Schumann:
The Man & His Music, ed. A. Walker, 1972 (pp. 120-161)* [.PDF] [1] |
| 2. |
Schumann and
the Tonal Analogue, id. (pp. 390-405) [See also c8 and v9.2]* |
| 3. |
Schubert work-list, in The New Grove Schubert (with M. J. Brown), Norton
1980 (pp.106-165) [see also d5 [1] |
| 4. |
Wolf, in The New Grove Late Romantic Masters, Norton 1980 (see also d8, below) |
| 5. |
Schumann
Interview to Eric Sams* (2 oct. 1988) by John C. Tibbetts,
broadcasted |
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in The World
of Robert Schumann Series |
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© John C.
Tibbetts 2004 [in:
www.johnctibbetts.com/World of Robert Schumann/assets/intvw_sams.htm] |
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c)
ESSAYS
(MT =
Musical Times) |
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1. |
Schumann’s year of song, MT 1965 [.PDF]
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2. |
Did Schumann use Ciphers?, MT 1965 [.PDF]
and
Letters and Comments |
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(German trans.
Hat Schumann in seinen Werken Chiffren benutzt?, Neue Zeitschrift für
Musik, 1966) |
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3. |
The Schumann Ciphers, MT 1966 [.PDF] |
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4. |
The Schumann Ciphers: a coda, MT 1966 [.PDF] |
| 5. |
Why Florestan and Eusebius?, MT 1967 [.PDF] |
| 6. |
Freud's Theory of Art (Review of An anatomy of musical criticism, by Alan
Walker), MT 1967 [see also v9.1] |
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Politics, Literature, People – in Schumann’s op.136, MT 1968 [.PDF] |
| 8. |
The Tonal
Analogue in Schumann’s music, Royal Musical Association 1969-70 |
| 9. |
Elgar’s cipher Letter to Dorabella, MT 1970 [.PDF]
[not on music - also listed as U.2] |
| 10. |
Variations on an original theme (Enigma), MT 1970 [.PDF]
and
Letters to the Editor |
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Elgar’s Enigmas, MT 1970 [.PDF]
and
Letters to the editor |
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Elgar's
cipher table, 1970-1 - previously unpublished [.PDF] |
| 13. |
A Schumann Primer?, MT 1970 [.PDF] |
| 14. |
Brahms and his Musical Love-Letters, MT 1970 [.PDF] |
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Brahms and his Clara-Themes, MT 1971 [.PDF]
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Schumann’s Hand injury, MT 1971 [.PDF] |
| 17. |
Schumann’s Hand injury - Some further evidence, [.PDF]
MT 1972 |
| 18. |
Schumann
and Faust, MT 1972 [.PDF]
and Letter to the Editor (Thomas
Mann and Schumann) |
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Zwei
Brahms-Rätsel, Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 1972 [.PDF] |
| 20. |
Von ewiger
Liebe, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 1972 [see 19 above] |
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Notes on a Magic Horn, MT 1974 [.PDF]
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| 22. |
Footnotes on a Magic Horn (Letter to the Editor referring to
n. 21 above), MT 1975 |
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Literary Sources of Hugo Wolf’s String Quartets, Musical Newsletter 1974 |
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Abstract of the above essay, with an
added detail; RILM abstracts VIII/2-3 1974 |
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Peter
Cornelius, MT 1974 [.PDF] |
| 25. |
Homage
to Eduard Mörike, MT 1975 [.PDF] |
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Eduard Hanslick. The perfect anti-Wagnerite, MT 1975 [.PDF] |
| 27. |
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), New Statesman 1976 [.PDF] |
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E.T.A.
Hoffmann, 1776-1822, MT 1976 [.PDF] |
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Schubert’s piano duets, MT 1976 [.PDF] |
| 30. |
Maria
Callas, New Statesman, Sept.
1977 |
| 31. |
Notes
on a Magic Flute. The origins of the Schubertian Lied, MT 1978
[.PDF] |
| 32. |
Schubert
and OED2, MT 1979 [.PDF] |
| 33. |
Schubert’s
Illness Re-examined MT 1980 [.PDF] |
| 34. |
Elgar's
Enigmas, Music and Letters 1997 [.PDF] |
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d)
ARTICLES, WORK-LISTS |
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| 1. |
"Ballad", § 2 in New Grove 1980/R 2001
(with G. Johnson) |
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"Cryptography, musical", in New Grove 1980/R 2001 [see
U.12] |
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“Hanslick,
Eduard“, in New Grove 1980 |
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“Mörike,
Eduard“, id. [Eduard
Mörike] |
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“Schubert work-list”,
id./R 2001 |
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“Schumann work-list”, id./R 2001 [Excerpt:
Catalogue of the Songs] |
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“The
Romantic Lied", § 4 (pp. 838-844) di "Lied", id. (/R 2001 with G. Johnson) |
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“Wolf” e “Wolf
work-list”, id.* |
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“Wolf” in Dizionario della Musica e dei Musicisti, UTET (1/2) |
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[Catalogue
of Brahms Songs, edited by the Centro Studi, from E.S.'s writings] |
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e)
MUSIC EDITIONS (Pref., Introd., Commentary) |
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| 1. |
Schumann: Cello-Konzert op.129, ed. by Max Hochklofer (Foreword by E.S.)*, Eulenburg 1971 |
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Schumann:
Papillons op.2 (Introd. and Commentary by E.S.) 1994-6 (unpubd.) |
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(forthcoming English/Italian edition, Analogon 2009) |
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to enlarge] |
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f) RADIO AND TV SCRIPTS (in progress) |
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g)
OPERA REVIEWS (New
Statesman,
if not otherwise stated) |
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| 1. |
Mara, MT, Feb. 1966 |
| 2. |
Macbeth, Oct. 1976 |
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Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos,
Eine Nacht in Venedig, Dec. 1976 |
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Troilus and Cressida, Nov. 1976 |
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Così fan tutte, Nov. 1976 |
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Falstaff, Jun. 1977 |
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The Fairy Queen, Jun. 1977 |
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The Pirates, Jul. 1977 |
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The Ice Break, Jul. 1977 |
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Die schweigsame Frau, Jul. 1977 |
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Don Giovanni, The Rake’s Progress, Aug. 1977 |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen, Sept. 1977 |
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La Vie Parisienne, La Bohême, Sept. 1977 |
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Tosca,
Don Carlos, Werther, Oct. 1977 |
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Blue Murder, Nov. 1977 |
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Aci e Galatea, Ezio, Euryanthe, Salome, Nov. 1977 |
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Lohengrin, Nov. 1977 |
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Macbeth, Le Nozze di Figaro, Dec. 1977 |
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Muzio Scevola, Die Zauberflöte, Il Trovatore, Dec. 1977 |
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The Creation, Maria Stuarda, Dalibor, Orpheus in the Underworld, Jan.
1978 |
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Die Fledermaus, From the House of the Dead, Jan. 1978 |
| 22. |
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Gianni Schicchi, The Lambton Worm, Feb. 1978 |
| 23. |
Idomeneo, Mar. 1978 |
| 24. |
Kiss me, Kate, Times Literary Supplement, Feb. 1987 |
| 25. |
High Society, TLS, Mar. 1987 |
| 26. |
Carmen Jones, TLS, Apr. 1991 |
| 27. |
Königskinder, TLS, Feb. 1992 |
| 1. |
Franz
Schubert:
Schwanengesang (previously unpublished) |
| 2. |
Franz
Schubert:
18 ausgewählte Lieder
(previously unpublished) |
| 3. |
Robert
Schumann:
246 Lieder
(see a.2) |
| 4. |
Johannes Brahms:
204 Lieder
(see a.4) |
| 5. |
Hugo
Wolf:
245 Lieder
(see a.1) |
| 6. |
Selected Songs
(previously unpublished) |
© Erik Battaglia, 2006-2009 |
