Quattro pezzi sacri

Quattro pezzi sacri
by Giuseppe Verdi
English	Four Sacred Pieces
Genre	Sacred vocal music
Text	Ave Maria – Ave Maria Stabat Mater – Stabat Mater Laudi alla Vergine Maria – Canto XXXIII from Dante's Paradiso Te Deum – Te Deum
Language	Latin Italian
Composed	1886 (1886) – 1897 (1897)
Performed	7 April 1898 (1898-04-07): Paris Opera (without Ave Maria)
Published	1898 (1898): Milan

The Quattro pezzi sacri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkwattro ˈpɛttsi ˈsaːkri], Four Sacred Pieces) are choral works by Giuseppe Verdi. Written separately during the last decades of the composer's life and with different origins and purposes, they were nevertheless published together in 1898 by Casa Ricordi. They are often performed as a cycle, not in chronological sequence of their composition, but in the sequence used in the Ricordi publication:

• Ave Maria, a setting of the Latin Ave Maria for four solo voices a cappella composed in 1889
• Stabat Mater, a setting of the Latin Stabat Mater for chorus and orchestra composed in 1896 and 1897
• Laudi alla Vergine Maria, a setting of a prayer in Canto XXXIII of Dante's Paradiso for four female voices a cappella composed between 1886 and 1888
• Te Deum, a setting of the Latin Te Deum for double chorus and orchestra composed in 1895 and 1896.

They were first performed together (without the Ave Maria) in a concert by the Paris Opera on 7 and 8 April 1898 under the baton of Paul Taffanel.