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Camille Saint-Saens, 1835-1921. A Thematic Catalogue of his Complete Works. Volume 1. The Instrumental Works. By Sabina Teller Ratner. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. [xxvii, 628 p. ISBN 0-198-16320-7. $195.] Bibliography, index.
Sabina Teller Ratner's thematic catalog of the works of Saint-Saens is the product of a long labor beginning with her doctoral dissertation in 1972 (which included a list of the composer's piano works) and culminating in this, the first of three projected volumes. While this volume catalogs the instrumental works, volumes 2 and 3 will include the dramatic works and the vocal works, respectively. (Volume 3 is being undertaken by the French scholar Yves Gerard.) The catalog fills a gap in nineteenth-century scholarship and will be an invaluable aid to research. Ratner has consulted the archives in sixteen countries including not only France, but also Australia, Canada, and Brazil, among others. She lists a full page of libraries and institutions consulted for this catalog, although, as she notes, the majority of sources are located at the Departement de la musique of the Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris (p. xiv).
In the introduction to the catalog, Ratner includes such information as a general description of the autographs (methods of dating, details of the composer's...
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