The nobleman who commissioned this work had recently fired many of his court musicians, leaving the composer to score the piece without winds and French horns.
The nobleman who commissioned this work had recently fired many of his court musicians, leaving the composer to score the piece without winds and French horns. It was composed during Napoleon's campaign against Egypt, and the wartime stress inspired its original title Missa in angustiis or Mass in the Time of Anguish. FTP, name this Franz Joseph Haydn mass which was subsequently renamed in honor of the victor at the Battle of the Nile.
The nobleman who commissioned this work had recently fired many of his court musicians, leaving the composer to score the piece without winds and French horns.
{Lord Nelson} Mass (accept early {Missa in }{angustiis})