Chorbuch Mozart/Haydn I (geistliche Werke SSA / TTB) series__Magnificat in C D 486 (Schubert) L'Allegro (cheerfulness)

L'Allegro (cheerfulness)

belongs to a group of cantatas whose opening choruses are not concertante but have been kept in the style of a motet

a belief which in the 19th century was no longer self-evident

A performance with just chorus and piano is therefore possible – although not the original version

Chorbuch Mozart/Haydn I (geistliche Werke SSA / TTB) series__Magnificat in C D 486 (Schubert) L'Allegro (cheerfulness)The choral collection Mozart Haydn contains sacred music of two famous pairs of composers from the Viennese classical school: father and son Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the brothers Joseph and Johann Michael Haydn. Works selected for this collection include Latin and German settings, canons, motets and movements from the Ordinary of the Mass for a cappella choir or with keyboard accompaniment. The choice of works has been made not only