Since 1885, Breitkopf & Härtel has published its new editions under the umbrella of various “libraries”: the Choir Library, the Orchestra Library, the Score Library and the Chamber Music Library. The cover, with its richly decorated ornamental frame adorned with angels, is still in use today in a modernized form.

The notebook with the angelic frame is printed on the traditional high-quality paper used for our music editions. The inner pages, laid out alternately with and without staff lines, ...