Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>Does anyone know of a site which contains a full work list for Martinu?
>
>Does anyone know whether Grove has a standard set of criteria for deciding
>whether a composer's work list will be abridged for publication and, if
>this is to be done, how is the selection made of those works which are
>to be included, or, alternatively, omitted?

Very complete, if not totally accurate work-lists for 132 composers are
to be found in the Jerzy Chwialkowski's "The Da Capo Catalog of Classical
Music Compositions" (NY 1996), ISBN 0-306-80701-7, paper, 0-306-79666-X,
cloth.  I don't know if this is still in print or anything about its
availability outside the US.  Not cheap--$30US at the time of publication.

If it appeals to anybody, try to get a look at it first and see if its
positive qualities outweigh the negative [the latter for me are personal
and not worth mentioning....]

The choice of composers here is a bit arbitrary, to my mind, but it does
include Martinu!

Best-Joel Lazar
Bethesda MD
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