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Richard Cœur de Lion : opéra comique en trois actes

Description: 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.
Date: 1838
Creator: Grétry, André Ernest Modeste, 1741-1813

Aurora che Sorgereai with Brilliant Variations for the PIano Forte

Description: 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. indica… more
Date: 1830?
Creator: Herz, Henri, 1803-1888.

[Binder's Collection: Schumann u. Mendelssohn]

Description: Bound compilation of sheet music with the title "Schumann u. Mendelssohn." In addition to Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, the volume also contains works by Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, and Carl Maria von Weber. Titles in this collection were published in Leipzig, Berlin, Vienna, and possibly Braunschweig. Publishers Ed. Bote & G. Bock, Breitkopf und Härtel, and J. Schuberth account for just over half of the selections. Where a date can be determined or estimated, works in this … more
Date: 1838/1889
Creator: Oppel, Reinhard

[Binder's Collection: Columbus Public Library, Scores]

Description: Bound compilation of sheet music for violin and piano, assembled by the Columbus Public Library (now the Columbus Metropolitan Library). This volume consists of scores and piano parts, although its contents do not overlap entirely with those of the accompanying set of violin parts. The library catalog record follows the handwritten numbering in the volume, which generally assigns numbers to titles held in common between the two volumes. Therefore, some works are described by their position rela… more
Date: 1834/1879
Creator: Columbus Metropolitan Library (Franklin County, Ohio)

[Binder's Collection: Anna Pease]

Description: Bound compilation of sheet music compiled by Anna M. Pease, from the collection of Thurman Morrison. All works were published in London, with multiple items published by Duff and Hodgson, Chappell, Robert Cocks & Co., and Joseph Williams. The volume features a variety of composers, including two works each by George Linley and Frank Mori. An additional set of three songs is attributed to the unnamed author of "Will you love me then as now," surmised to be Charles William Glover, though only "Th… more
Date: 1834/1869
Creator: Pease, Anna M.

[Binder's Collection: S. L. Schieffelin]

Description: Bound compilation of sheet music compiled by S. L. Schieffelin. As is the case with the other Schieffelin binder's collections, this volume emphasizes variations and derivative works based on other compositions, and particularly operas. Works in this volume are entirely from the 1830s, with many by Henri Herz, Carl Czerny, and Franz Hünten, and include material frequently sourced from Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioachino Rossini, and Gaetano Donizetti. Most works were published in Mayence (present-day … more
Date: 1830/1839
Creator: Schieffelin, S. L.
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