ABSTRACT
The standard reference work in the Italian language, with approximately 37,000 signed entries. Like MGG2 it is divided into subject and biographical entries. Part 2 (biographical) includes works lists that, for major composers such as Monteverdi, list contents by madrigal book, rather than alphabetically by first line as in GMo. For more complete bibliographies, consult GMo. The last volume (vol. 13) is a biographical supplement.
