This work constitutes the largest and most comprehensive research guide ever published about Verdi. Entries survey 1,000 of the most significant published materials relating to the composer, including bibliographies, catalogs, letters and documents, conference reports, biographies, and studies of Verdi's music dealing with topics such as genesis and compositional process, analysis, performance practice, reception, and historical position. The guide also includes selected materials on people associated with Verdi, such as Giuseppina Strepponi, his librettists, and his publishers, and on the composer's political, social, cultural, and musical milieu. The volume contains author and subject indexes and features extensive cross-referencing.