Sources

The selection presented in this chapter is compiled from and based on (among others) the following sources:

COUMANS, J. Omar Khayyám. The Master of the Show. In: Omariana, vol. 4 (2001) no. 1
Omar Khayyám. The Master of the Show

GOOCH, B. N. S. & THATCHER, D. S. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York & London, Garland Publishing, 1979.

GROOT, R. DE. The Legacy of ‘Umar Khayyám in Music of the Netherlands. In: A.A. Seyed-Gohrab (ed.) The Great ‘Umar Khayyám. A Global Reception of the Rubáiyát. Leiden, Leiden University Press, 2012.

GROVE MUSIC ONLINE. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com

THE LIEDERNET ARCHIVE. The LiederNet Corporation, 2026.
https://www.lieder.net/

MARTIN, W.H. & MASON, S. (2011). ROKmusic2011 – database of musical works relating to the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. [Dataset]. Apollo – University of Cambridge Repository.
http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/242449

MARTIN, WILLIAM H. & MASON, SANDRA. “KHAYYAM, OMAR xiii. Musical Works based on the Rubaiyat.” Encyclopaedia Iranica. Published July 15, 2009.
https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/khayyam-omar/khayyam-omar-xiii-musical-works-based-on-the-rubaiyat

PEGAH, ELNAZ. Untersuchung zur Rezeption persischer Lyrik in der europäischen Kunstmusik am Beispiel der Werke von Saʿdī, Ḥāfeẓ und ʿOmar Ḫayyām. Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2023. Inauguraldissertation.
Also available is a Datenbank der Rezeption persischer Lyrik in europäischen Kunstmusik at:
https://doi.org/10.11588/heidok.00034856

POTTER, A.G. (ed.) The Rubaiyat in Music, Drama, Art and Commerce. In: A Bibliography of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. London, Ingpen and Grant, 1929.

WORLDCAT. OCLC, 2026
https://search.worldcat.org/

There are a few useful websites for further searches or checks. One of the is
mica – austrian music – muzikdatenbak, located in Vienna:
https://db.musicaustria.at

 

Also various library websites were used for additional information, as well as the internet in general. And of course the ‘serependity’-way of finding what you didn’t look for, for example when a YouTube item suggests related items.