▁C ener ent ola ▁by ▁Henri ▁Herz , ▁Fr éd éric ▁Ch op in , ▁Franz ▁H ü nten , ▁Anton ▁Di abel li ▁and ▁Friedrich ▁Burg m üller , ▁and ▁Lis zt ' s ▁trans cri ptions ▁of ▁the ▁William ▁Tell ▁over t ure ▁( 1 8 3 8 ) ▁and ▁the ▁So ir ées ▁musical es . ▁ ▁The ▁continu ing ▁popular ity ▁of ▁his ▁com ic ▁oper as ▁( and ▁the ▁decl ine ▁in ▁st aging ▁his ▁opere ▁serie ), ▁the ▁over throw ▁of ▁the ▁singing ▁and ▁st aging ▁styles ▁of ▁his ▁period , ▁and ▁the ▁emer ging ▁concept ▁of ▁the ▁composer ▁as ▁" cre ative ▁artist " ▁rather ▁than ▁craft s man , ▁dimin ished ▁and ▁dist orted ▁Ross ini ' s ▁place ▁in ▁music ▁history ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁forms ▁of ▁Italian ▁opera ▁continued ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁period ▁of ▁ver ismo ▁to ▁be ▁inde bt ed ▁to ▁his ▁innov ations . ▁Ross ini ' s ▁status ▁amongst ▁his ▁contemporary ▁Italian ▁compos ers ▁is ▁indicated ▁by ▁the ▁M essa ▁per ▁Ross ini , ▁a ▁project ▁initi ated ▁by ▁Ver di ▁within ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁of ▁Ross ini ' s ▁death , ▁which ▁he ▁and ▁a ▁dozen ▁other ▁compos ers ▁created ▁in ▁collaboration . ▁ ▁If ▁Ross ini ' s ▁principal ▁legacy ▁to ▁Italian ▁opera ▁was ▁in ▁vocal ▁forms ▁and ▁dram atic ▁structure ▁for ▁serious ▁opera , ▁his ▁legacy ▁to ▁French ▁opera ▁was ▁to ▁provide ▁a ▁bridge ▁from ▁opera ▁buff a ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁op éra ▁com ique ▁( and