Lesser-known works by this composer include a mass based on the Eastern Motet "Christus resurgens" and two settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah.
The common version of a piece by this composer resulted from a error by the compilers of Grove's Dictionary in 1880, when they based their entry on that piece Mendelssohn transcription that was a fourth higher than the piece's original form. Lesser-known works by this composer include a mass based on the Eastern Motet "Christus resurgens" and two settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. Britain's oldest chamber ensemble is named in honor of this composer, who is considered the first writer of a string quartet. This composer's (*) most famous piece, which features a beautiful high C, is for two choirs of five and four voices and was meant to be performed during the Tenebrae Service in the Sistine Chapel. Mozart famously made a transcription of that piece by this composer from memory after his journey to Rome in 1770. For 10 points, name this Roman composer, by far best known for his Miserere.
The common version of a piece by this composer resulted from a error by the compilers of Grove's Dictionary in 1880, when they based their entry on that piece Mendelssohn transcription that was a fourth higher than the piece's original form.
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