Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Joints" to "Justinian I."

part in the musical life of the capital. His death took place on the

25th of August 1774, his last composition being the celebrated _Miserere_, a setting for two female voices of Saverio Mattei's Italian paraphrase of Psalm li. Jommelli is the most representative composer of the generation following Leo and Durante. He approaches very closely to Mozart in his style, and is impo...