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Messa di Gloria Missa a quattro voci

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Music

Giacomo Puccini (born Lucca, 22 December 1858; died Brussels, 29 November 1924)

Text

Liturgy

 

Premieres

First Performance: Lucca () 12 July 1880.

First performance in Scotland: Perth (Concert Hall), 4 December 2016 (perhaps earlier)

 

Background

At the age of 22 Puccini produced, in his home town, a choral setting of the mass, Missa a quattro voci, commonly known as the Messa di Gloria, for tenor and baritone soloists, with choir and orchestra.  It was not heard again until 1952 in Chicago, but is gradually gaining popularity.