Messa per Rossini

The Messa per Rossini is a Requiem mass, which resulted from a joint effort of thirteen composers.

Related Topics:
Requiem - Mass - Composer

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Shortly after Gioacchino Rossini's death in 1868, Giuseppe Verdi invited the twelve most eminent Italian composers of the time to contribute to a funeral mass for Rossini. The premiere of the mass was meant to take place on the first anniversary of Rossini's death on November 13 1869 in Bologna. The composition was finished by the summer of 1869, yet the performance had to be cancelled due to adverse conditions. The manuscript subsequently fell into oblivion.

Related Topics:
Gioacchino Rossini - 1868 - Giuseppe Verdi - Italian - November 13 - 1869 - Bologna

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Giuseppe Verdi adopted his own contribution, the concluding Libera me, in revised form as origin for composing his own Messa da Requiem.

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The complete Messa per Rossini was premiered in 1988 by the Gächinger Kantorei conducted by Helmuth Rilling at the European Music Festival in Stuttgart. The first performance in the USA took place one year later. The opus has subsequently been recorded on CD.

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1988 - Gächinger Kantorei - Helmuth Rilling - Stuttgart

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