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Janáček's Works: a Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoš Janáček
by Nigel Simeone, John Tyrrell and Alena Němcová
Catalogue of writings by Theodora Straková
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1997.
xl, 522pp. ISBN 0-19-816446-7

This is the most detailed and most comprehensive catalogue of Janáček's music to appear and the only one to give a full annotated list of Janáček's writings. In addition to the main catalogue entries (see example) additional features include:

• Notes on special terms, Czech spelling, Janáček's percussion
• Two maps

  - Towns and other geographical features mentioned in the text
  - Brno, showing buildings associated with Janáček

• Glossary of Moravian dances (including region, source, publication, text incipit and Janáček's arrangements)
• Time-line of Janáček's composition
• Bibliography
• Index of compositions (giving references both from English and Czech titles)
• General index
• Index of writings (titles in English and Czech, topics, persons and places, publication venues)