"The main" feature "of Rossini is to add mayonnaise to all dishes"
At the age of 71, having long abandoned the opera and carried away by the cook art, Jacquino Rossini wrote a “little solemn mass” for a small choir, four singers, two roots and a Fisharmonia (then he also made an orchestra version). The composer was, judging by the music, in a playful mood. We can agree with Napoleon III, who said about this mass that she was not small, not solemn and not too much.