his scoring, sharpened his harmonic palate; and in general made possible the amazing advances of the next few years." Recordings References Citations Cited sources Baldini, Gabriele (1970) (trans. Roger Parker, 1980), The Story of Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto to Un Ballo in Maschera. Cambridge, et al.: Cambridge University Press. Budden, Julian (1984), The Operas of Verdi, Volume 1: From Oberto to Rigoletto. London: Cassell. . Kimbell, David (2001), in Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. Parker, Roger (1998), "Jérusalem, in Stanley Sadie (ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. One. London: MacMillan Publishers, Inc. Phillips-Matz, Mary Jane (1993), Verdi: A Biography, London & New York: Oxford University Press. Porter, Andrew (et al.) (1983), The New Grove Masters of Italian Opera, New York: W. W. Norton. Walker, Frank (1962), The Man Verdi. New York: Knopf. . London: Dent. . Chicago: The University of Chicago Press (1982 paperback reprint with a new introduction by Philip Gossett). . Other sources Budden, Julian (2000), "First Steps in Grand Opera" in the booklet accompanying the Verdi: Jérusalem recording by Phillips. Osborne, Charles (1969), The Complete Opera of Verdi, New York: Da Capo Press, Inc. De Van, Gilles (trans. Gilda Roberts) (1998), Verdi’s Theater: Creating Drama Through Music. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press. (hardback), Gossett, Philip (2006), Divas and Scholar: Performing Italian Opera, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Martin, George (1983), Verdi: His Music, Life and Times. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Osborne, Charles (1969), The Complete Opera of Verdi, New York: Da Capo Press, Inc. Parker, Roger (2007), The New Grove Guide to Verdi and His Operas, Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. Pistone, Danièle (1995), Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera: From Rossini to Puccini, Portland, OR: Amadeus Press. Toye, Francis (1931), Giuseppe Verdi: His Life and Works, New York: Knopf Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera New York: OUP. Werfel, Franz and Stefan, Paul (1973), Verdi: The Man and His Letters, New York, Vienna House. External links Verdi: "The story" and "History" on giuseppeverdi.it (in English) Synopsis of Jérusalem on giuseppeverdi.it English. Retrieved 28 May 2013 Libretto Visual evidence of the premiere on Gallica Arias from Jérusalem on aria-database.com in English. Retrieved 28 May 2013 Operas by Giuseppe Verdi French-language operas Grand operas Operas Operas set in the Levant Operas set in France 1847 operas Opera world premieres at the