PUCCINI, GIACOMO

Additional reading Complete catalogs of Puccini's compositions may be found in Mosco Carner, Puccini: A Critical Biography, 2nd ed. (1977). Biographies and monographs include Richard Specht, Giacomo Puccini, the Man, His Life, His Work (1933, reprinted 1970); George R. Marek, Puccini (1951); Dante del Fiorentino, Immortal Bohemian (1952, reprinted 1963); Mosco Carner, Puccini, 2nd ed. (1974); William Ashbrook, The Operas of Puccini (1968); Richard Valente, The Verismo of Giacomo Puccini, from Scapigliatura to Expressionism (1971); Stanley Jackson, Monsieur Butterfly (1974); William Weaver, Puccini, the Man and His Music (1977); and Howard Greenfeld, Puccini (1980).