Notes on the score Petite Messe Solennelle by Gioacchino Rossini

Abstract

In the history of composition, Rossini represents a reference point, his creation marking a trajectory that begins on the stage, where the composer succeeded in enlarging the horizon of the romantic opera, and ends under the dome of the church, when the religious affection will inspire him in his last vocal-symphonic works, among them the most representative being Petite Messe Solennelle.