Download or read book Missa Festiva (Op. 154) written by Alexander Gretchaninoff and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1999-08-26 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gretchaninov started his musical studies rather late because his father, a businessman, had expected him to take over the family firm. Gretchaninov began his studies at the Moscow Conservatory in 1881, later moving to St. Petersburg where he studied composition and orchestration with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov until 1893. It is not surprising that Rimsky's influence can be heard in Gretchaninov’s early works. The Missa Festiva was not written until 1937. This is the choral score of the work, with Latin text, and without notated accompaniment.