After completing William Tell, Rossini went into musical silence for 39 years, broken only – apart from some trite jottings – by his Stabat Mater and the Petit Messe Solenelle.
After completing William Tell, Rossini went into musical silence for 39 years, broken only – apart from some trite jottings – by his Stabat Mater and the Petit Messe Solenelle.