Leopold Mozart: Beata es Virgo Maria: SATBOffertorium de Beata Maria Virgine-In the 17th and 18th centuries Salzburg where Leopold Mozart was Assistant Court Music Director was a center for polyphonic Offertory settings and multimovement offertory concerti which developed into a main genre of Catholic liturgical music in the south German region.The Salzburg Cathedral seems an obvious choice which the 'solemn' orchestration with trumpets and timpani would support. Instrumentation : Publisher : |