Deus noster refugium（ヴォーカル・スコア） 9790007053109 Gasparini was esteemed in Germany

Gasparini was esteemed in Germany particularly as a master of elaborate counterpoint and audacious harmonic writing

A profound example are the 27 Nocturne-Responsories for the three matins on Maundy Thursday

Beethoven had thought of setting Schiller’s “Ode to Joy” much earlier

In the surviving sources

the 3rd movement is based on the original song for voice and piano "St Anthony of Padua’s Sermon to the Fishes"

Deus noster refugium（ヴォーカル・スコア） 9790007053109 Gasparini was esteemed in GermanyThe three grands motets, Quam dilecta, In convertendo and Deus noster refugium, which Jean Philippe Rameau composed from 1713 to 1715 are still relatively unknown today. Yet these masterworks can stand comparison to the best works of Michel Richard de Lalande. They are testimony to Rameaus great contrapuntal mastery and contain beautiful lyrical passages. Quam dilecta and Deus noster refugium have survived only in later sources which originated in