Description
Instrumentation: 2 mixed choirs and continuo
Edition: score
Publisher: Irene Hegen
Year: 1775
Difficulty: medium
Maria Rosa Coccia (1759-1833), a contemporary of Mozart’s, was born in Rome, the city in which she also received her musical training. She became a member of the Accademia Filarmonican in Bologna. She experienced great success at the age of 13 when her oratorio Daniello was performed “before a large and distinguished audience” in the Church of Santa Maria in Vallicella (Rome). The spirited Dixit Dominus, set for double choir by the 16 year old composer, gives proof of her mastery of the sacred compositional style which was so carefully fostered in Rome.
