Richard Cœur-de-lion is probably Grétry’s most famous opéra-comique. However, it was banned during the French Revolution and subsequent rebellions in 1830 and 1848 due to its favorable depiction of royalty. Other than those exceptions, the work has remained popular due to its well-developed and compelling plot, its idealized representation of the Medieval community, as well as its musicodramatic structure in which a recurring romance melody is treated as a unifying plot point.

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Second violin part for Franz Schubert's String Quarter in D minor, D. 810. This is the first edition of the "Death and the Maiden" quartet.

Cello part for Franz Schubert's String Quarter in D minor, D. 810. This is the first edition of the "Death and the Maiden" quartet.

Viola part for Franz Schubert's String Quarter in D minor, D. 810. This is the first edition of the "Death and the Maiden" quartet.

First violin part for Franz Schubert's String Quarter in D minor, D. 810. This is the first edition of the "Death and the Maiden" quartet.

This is a digital copy of the ca. 1830 edition of Henri Herz's Brilliant variations for the piano forte on the cavatina "Aurora che sorcerai" from Rossini's two-act melodrama "La donna del lago," (i.e., The lady of the lake). The library's copy is part of a bound collection of piano music by variopus nineteenth-century composers. The pianist, and Herz's friend, Franz Hünten adapted several passages of the music to suit the range of the contemporaneous piano fortes. A note on the t.p. indicates that "Mrs. [Lucy] Anderson had the distinguished honor of performing this piece before their Majesties at Brighton." Plate no. 476.