Quattro pezzi sacri | |
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by Giuseppe Verdi | |
English | Four Sacred Pieces |
Genre | Sacred vocal music |
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Composed | 1886 | – 1897
Performed | 7 April 1898 Paris Opera (without Ave Maria) : |
Published | 1898 Milan : |
The Quattro pezzi sacri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkwattro ˈpɛttsi ˈsaːkri], Four Sacred Pieces) are choral works by Giuseppe Verdi. Written separately during the last decades of the composer's life and with different origins and purposes, they were nevertheless published together in 1898 by Casa Ricordi. They are often performed as a cycle, not in chronological sequence of their composition, but in the sequence used in the Ricordi publication:
They were first performed together (without the Ave Maria) in a concert by the Paris Opera on 7 and 8 April 1898 under the baton of Paul Taffanel.