Petite Messe solennelle: For SATB Soli, Choir and Piano (Harmonium ad lib.)

by Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Andreas Schenck (Editor)

Instrumentation : SATB Soli - SATB Chorus - 2Pf

(Lat.) Vocal Score

Duration : 85'

Genres: Music

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1985

About the author

Numerous operas of Italian composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini include The Barber of Seville (1816) and William Tell (1829) (see William Tell).

Le Barbier de Séville (1775), the comic play and best-known work of French writer Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, inspired Gioacchino Antonio Rossini to opera.

Gioachino Antonio Rossini gained fame for his 39 works and wrote many songs, some chamber music, piano pieces, and some sacred. He set new comic and serious standards and, still in his thirties, afterward retired on large scale at the height of his popularity.

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Reviews

[Sebastião]

Petite Messe Solennelle gives one a wonderful, yet peculiar, singing experience. Master Rossini wonders about some not so obvious harmonies accomplished by nontrivial melody lines. The result has glimpses of genius. On the downside one should state that the process towards such a result is not so perfect regarding the chorus who have to deal with these uncommon harmonies and rather illogical lines and, of course, a somewhat overall lack of variety throughout the piece.