one of the finest of its period. The story covers similar ground to Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, but in an intimate, more personal way. Forbes finds the score "a chain of fine numbers, extremely melodious and pretty, but also dramatically well suited to the various characters", with a balance between comedy and romance. In a 2016 analysis of the score, Gérard Condé writes, "Though doubtless derivative in certain respects, the score of Le Pré aux clercs went on to serve as a recipe book for the next half-century: Lecocq, Offenbach, Varney, Audran and even Bizet consulted it with profit, each to his own ends". In the overture Hérold does not use themes from the opera, but ranges from an opening fugue to a quick march. Wagner and Smetana both knew the opera well, and in another 2016 analysis, Damien Colas writes that echoes of Le Pré aux clercs may be found in the former's Das Liebesverbot (1836) and the latter's The Bartered Bride (1866). In The Oxford Companion to Music (2011) Sarah Hibberd writes, "the power of Le Pré aux clercs in particular suggests that [Hérold] might have fulfilled his ambition to compose a grand opéra had he lived". List of works Operas Source: Arthur Pougin Herold. 1815 La gioventù di Enrico quinto 1816 Charles de France ou Amour et gloire 1816–1817 Corinne au capitole 1817 Les Rosières 1817 La Clochette ou Le diable page 1818 Le Premier venu ou Six lieues de chemin 1819 Les Troqueurs 1819 L'Amour platonique 1820 L'Auteur mort et vivant 1823 Le Muletier 1823 L'Asthenie 1823 Vendôme en Espagne 1824 Le Roi René ou La Provence au XVe siècle 1825 Le Lapin blanc 1826 Marie (also called Almédon ou le monde renversé) 1828 Le Dernier jour de Missolonghi 1829 L'Illusion 1829 Emmeline 1830 L'Auberge d'Auray 1831 Zampa ou La Fiancée de marbre 1831 La Marquise de Brinvilliers 1832 La Médecine sans médecin 1832 Le Pré aux clercs 1833 Ludovic (completed by Halévy) Ballets Source: Pougin. 1827 Astolphe et Joconde ou Les coureurs d'aventures 1827 La Somnambule ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur 1828 La Fille mal gardée 1828 Lydie 1829 La Belle au bois dormant 1830 La Noce de villageChoral Source: Pougin.La Duchesse de la Vallièr, cantataRegrets des Braves, stances sur la mort de le duc de BerryLes Grandes Journées, chant national Hymne aux Morts de JuilletLe Chasseur des montagnes, romance Piano music Source: Pougin. Four concertos