Boyd 2001

Malcolm Boyd, sub voce "Cantata", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second edition, ed. by Stanley Sadie, London, Macmillan, 2001, vol. 5, pp. 8b-21a: The Italian Cantata to 1800; par. 2 (ii) Rome, c1675-c1725, (iii) Bologna, Modena and Ferrara, (iv) Venice; par. 3. c1725-1800: Naples, pp. 10a-18b.