Mozart - Venite populi, K.260/248a (1776)

Mozart - Venite populi, K.260/248a (1776)

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Bartje Bartmans
Jun 11, 2026

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was one of the most influential, popular and prolific composers of the classical period. A child prodigy, from an early age he began composing over 600 works, including some of the most famous pieces of symphonic, chamber, operatic, and choral music.

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Venite populi in D major, K.260/248a (Salzburg, 1776)
0ffertorium de venerabili sacramento »Venite populi« à 2 Chori
for 2 mixed choruses, strings (no violas), continuo (organ)
Librettist: unknown

Tölzer Knabenchor and the European Baroque Soloists conducted by
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

H.C. Robbins Landon writes in the Mozart Compendium:

The fine, but little-known double-choir motet Venite populi, K. 260/248a, of 1776 was justly admired by Johannes Brahms, who conducted a performance of it in Vienna on 8 December 1872.