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