Kim Patrick Clow: >I am guessing it was after Mozart's death, when he (Salieri) became >involved with sacred music in the first decade of the 19th century? I found an interesting little review on Salieri's Mass in d minor by Jane Schatkin Hettrick, where she states that probably each one of his four Masses were written during war times (1805), in expectation of some great religious service at a victory...that never came: http://www.areditions.com/rr/embellish/2003_19/feature.html There's also a review of the Requiem here: http://www.requiemsurvey.org/composers.php?id=691 >Welcome back to the list too! Thanks!! Pablo Massa [log in to unmask]