Abbreviations
Library and other sigla
| Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
| A-Wn | Österreichsche Nationalbibliothek, Vienna |
| CH-CObodmer | Bibliotheca Bodmerian, Cologny-Geneva |
| CH-W | Stadtbibliothek Winterthur |
| CSP | Centro Studi "Giacomo Puccini", Lucca |
| D-B | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz |
| D-Mbs | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich |
| D-Sschickling | Private collection of Dieter Schickling, Stuttgart |
| F-Pn | Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
| GB-En | National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| GB-Lam | Royal Academy of Music, London |
| GB-Lbbc | British Broadcasting Corporation, Music Library, London |
| GB-Lbl | The British Library, London [formerly the British Museum] |
| GB-Lcm | Royal College of Music, London |
| GB-Ob | Bodleian Library, Oxford |
| GB-TWmacnutt | Private collection of Richard Macnut, Tunbridge Wells/Sussex |
| I-Baf | Accademia Filarmonica, Bologna |
| I-Bc | Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna |
| I-Fn | Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Firenze |
| I-Lg | Biblioteca Statale, Lucca |
| I-Lgp | Biblioteca del Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini, Lucca |
| I-Li | Istituto Musicale "Luigi Boccherini", Lucca |
| I-Lmp | Museo di casa Puccini, Lucca |
| I-Mc | Conservatorio di musica "Giuseppe Verdi", Milan |
| I-Mr | Archivio Ricordi, Milan |
| I-Ms | Museo teatrale alla Scala, Milan |
| I-Mson | Archivio Sonzogno, Milan |
| I-MTa | Accademia d'Arte, Montecatini Terme |
| I-Nc | Conservatorio di musica "San Pietro a Majella", Naples |
| I-ORTin | Istituto Nazionale Tostiano, Ortona |
| I-PAc | Conservatorio di musica (Biblioteca nazionale Palatina), Parma |
| I-PAi | Istituto Nazionale di Studi Verdiani, Parma |
| I-PCc | Biblioteca comunale Passerini-Landi, Piacenza |
| I-PSCmp | Museo Puccini, Celle di Pescaglia, Lucca |
| I-Rn | Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Rome |
| I-Rsc | Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Rome |
| I-Tco | Conservatorio di musica "Giuseppe Verdi", Turin |
| I-TLp | Museo Villa Puccini, Torre del Lago/Lucca |
| MEL | Private collection of Tessa Melen, Melbourne/Derbyshire (England) |
| MRC | Copialettere Ricordi, Milan |
| MRK | Handwritten catalogue of Ricordi's printed editions |
| MRL | "Libroni" Ricordi, Milan |
| NUC | The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints. Vol. 474. New York, Mansell, 1976 |
| STR | Private collection of Henry Strutz |
| TMP | Bundle of manuscripts, for the largest part stemming from Puccini's younger brother Michele [last known to be in GB-TWmacnutt] |
| US-AM | Amherst College, Amherst Massachusetts |
| US-BEm | University of California Music Library, Berkeley, California |
| US-BO | University of Colorado Music Library, Boulder, Colorado |
| US-Bp | Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts |
| US-Bu | Boston University, Mugar Memorial Library, Boston, Massachusetts |
| US-CA | Harvard University Libraries, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| US-Cn | Newberry Library, Chicago |
| US-NH | Yale University Music Library, New Haven |
| US-NYp | New York Public Library, New York |
| US-NYpm | The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York |
| US-R | Eastman School of Music, Sibley Music Library, Rochester |
| US-STum | Stanford University Music Library, Stanford, California |
| US-Wc | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |