Anna Amalia continued the tradition of the Singspiel in later years with performances in the amateur court theatre of her own compositions to texts by Goethe. She also established the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, which is now home to some 1,000,000 volumes. The duchess was honored in Goethe's work under the title Zum Andenken der Fürstin Anna-Amalia. Music Anna Amalia was a notable composer. . The majority of her works belong stylistically to the Empfindsamkeit, in the manner of Hiller and Schweitzer, combining features of song and of arioso. Her compositions include: Chamber Divertimento (clarinet, viola, violoncello, and piano) c. 1780 Harpsichord sonatas Opera Das Jahrmarktsfest zu Plundersweilern (text by Goethe) Erwin und Elmire (text by Goethe) 1776 Orchestra Oratorio (1768) Sacred Choruses (four voices and orchestra) Symphony (2 oboes, 2 flutes, 2 violins and double bass) 1765 Vocal songs Ancestry References Further reading External links PRNewsWire: Goethe's forbidden love for Anna Amalia Death Mask of Ann Amalia Of Brunswick |- |- 1739 births 1807 deaths People from Wolfenbüttel House of Brunswick-Bevern 18th-century women rulers German opera composers Women opera composers House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 18th-century German people Duchesses of Saxe-Weimar Duchesses of Saxe-Eisenach German women classical composers Regents German female regents Daughters of monarchs