Laudate pueri DominumGraduale for female or boy's chorus (SSA) two violins and basso contuinuoMichael Haydn (1737-1806) followed the path of his older brother Joseph to Vienna to bceome a chorister at St Stephen's Cathedral. Following his studies and after several years of making a precarious living in Vienna in 1762 he was appointed court musician and concertmaster in Salzburg where he remained for the rest of his life. He left a large body of compositions of both church music and instrumental works.