Instrumentation Available (Hmb196a): 2tpt In D Timp 2ob 2vln Viola Cello Bass And Full Score._x000D_Johann Adolf Hasse (born in Bergedorf Germany on march 25 1699 and_x000D_died in Venice on December 16 1783) spent the majority of his mature_x000D_life as a composer alternating frequently between Dresden Venice _x000D_and Vienna. This edition of his Laudate Coeli Dominum is based upon_x000D_a hand-copied score by an unknown copyist. The piece begins with a_x000D_bass solo proclaiming the words 'praise the Lord from the heavens' _x000D_repeated immediately by the choir. Each subsequent phrase is first_x000D_sung by the bass and then answered by the choir ending with the_x000D_words from Psalm 97:3 'the Lord hasmade his salvation known. He hasrevealed His justice.'
