| LC control no. | n 80057146 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Petite Messe solennelle |
| Variant(s) | Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Messa solenne Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Messe solenne Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Messe solennelle |
| Form of work | Masses |
| Beginning date | 1863 |
| Medium of performance | vocal ensemble piano 2 2 pianos, 4 hands reed organ 1 |
| Special note | Consider the 1867 version with orchestral accompaniment to be an arrangement. |
| Found in | Grove music online WWW site, Sept. 17, 2004 (Petite Messe solennelle; 1st version: 12 (solo) vv, 2 pf, hmn, 1863; 2nd version: S, A, T, B, chorus, orch, 1867) Rossini, G. Petite Messe solennelle, 1992: p. iv ("At the beginning [of the autograph manuscript] Rossini wrote: '... in four parts with accompaniment of two pianos and harmonium ... Twelve singers of three sexes--men, women and castrati--will be sufficient ... that is, eight for the chorus, four for the solos' ... [I]n 1866-7 [Rossini] added 'a few modest winds to my choruses and arias'") |
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