Glory and honor and blessing to him that sits on the throne, who lives for ever and ever. ![]() Gloria et honor et benedictio sedenti super thronum viventi in saecula saeculorum The text is taken from the Apocalypse of Saint John. This composition is scored for SATB choir, two oboes, two trumpets in C, timpani, two violins, viola, cello, bass and continuo. The top of first page of the manuscript reads: Offertor. The score is laid out over eleven pages, eleven staves per page. ![]() This edition is based upon the autograph score, preserved in the music collection of the Austrian National Library in Vienna: HK.2955. Gloria et Honor was completed by Salieri in July 1809 in Vienna. Although Salieri spent his early years composing operas, he shifted his focus to writing sacred choral works for the church upon his appointment as Hofkapellmeister to the royal court in Vienna in 1788, a post he held until his retirement in 1824. Voicing: SATB with piano accompaniment (optional Orchestral Accompaniment available separately)Īntonio Salieri was born in Legnano (the Veneto region of Italy) in 1750, and was taken as a young man by the Viennese composer Gassmann, first to Venice, and then to Vienna for further musical studies. Recorders, Classroom & Plastic Instruments. ![]()
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