[4] A poet of our time, finding himself described on a title-page as the author of "words" which a composer had set to "music," suggested that, with a view to uniformity, for "music," "crotchets and quavers" should be substituted. [5] In the Avvertimento al Pubblico the title of the comedy is given in Italian, "_Il Barbiere di Sivigilia; ossia, L'Inutile Precauzione_." [6] L'Ape Italiana. Paris 1836. [7] Cenn di una donna già contante sopra il maestro Rossini. [8] M. de Saint-George, in a speech he delivered at Rossini's funeral. [9] "Conversations with Rossini," by Ferdinand Hiller. _Musical World_, 1856. [10] _Le Siège de Corinthe_ was the first opera--it was the thirty sixth he had composed--that Rossini sold to a music publisher. [11] _See also_ Rose Library.