Messa di Gloria (Rossini)
Mass by Gioacchino Rossini / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the work by Giacomo Puccini, sometimes called 'Messa di Gloria', see Messa (Puccini).
Messa di Gloria is a nine movement mass, composed by Gioacchino Rossini for the Arciconfraternità di San Luigi.[1] First performed on 24 March 1820 in the Chiesa di San Ferdinando in Naples, it is in the traditional form of a "Gloria" mass, that is a setting of the first two prayers of the Catholic mass, the Kyrie and Gloria. (A "Gloria" mass omits the Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.) The Messa di Gloria was the only major piece of sacred music written while Rossini was still an active opera composer.[2]
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