Pietro Tonassi (14/09/1800 - 04/11/1877), an Italian composer. He was born in Venice in 1800. An accomplished contrapuntalist, he studied cello and was a director of military bands. He cultivated at the same time an interest in the guitar, publishing several works for the instrument. These were generally arrangements or transcriptions of operatic airs, published by Ricordi around 1850. He died in Venice in 1877.
Messa da Requiem in F major
| Period: | Romanticism |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
Messa da Requiem in F major for ATTB soli, ATTB choir and orchestra.
| Source: | Robert Chase, Dies Irae: A Guide to Requiem Music, Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2003 |
Dies irae in C minor
| Period: | Romanticism |
| Composed in: | 1876 |
| Musical form: | motet |
| Text/libretto: | Thoman de Celano |
Dies irae in C minor (1876) for ATTB soli, ATTB choir and orchestra.
| Source: | Robert Chase, Dies Irae: A Guide to Requiem Music, Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2003 |
