Messa per Rossini

Messa per Rossini
Requiem by 13 Italian composers including Giuseppe Verdi
Gioachino Rossini in 1865, in whose memory the project was conceived
OccasionAnniversary of Rossini's death
TextRequiem
LanguageLatin
Composed1869 (1869)
Performed1988 (1988)
Scoring
  • five soloists
  • chorus
  • orchestra

The Messa per Rossini is a Requiem Mass composed to commemorate the first anniversary of Gioachino Rossini's death. It was a collaboration among 13 Italian composers, initiated by Giuseppe Verdi. The composition was intended to be performed on 13 November 1869 in the Basilica of San Petronio, Bologna, where Rossini grew up and spent a large part of his life.