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Miserere Mei - Gregorio Allegri One of the most famous choral pieces ever composed, in the early C17th especially for performance every Maundy Thursday (during Holy Week), in St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome. The copies of the music were closely guarded and the piece wasn't formally published and remained the solo property of St Peter's. However, apparently Mozart, as a teenager, heard the piece performed and was so moved by it that as soon as he came away from the service after hearing it