, ▁though ▁being ▁just ▁" a ▁rig id ▁school ▁work ", ▁could ▁well ▁rank ▁among ▁the ▁best ▁ad mission ▁pieces ▁now ▁stored ▁in ▁the ▁Bolog n ese ▁Acc adem ia ▁F ilar mon ica . ▁During ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 7 4 0 s ▁he ▁wrote ▁an ▁increasing ▁amount ▁of ▁religious ▁music , ▁mainly ▁or ator ios , ▁and ▁his ▁first ▁lit urg ical ▁piece ▁still ▁ext ant , ▁a ▁very ▁simple ▁" L æ t atus ▁sum " ▁in ▁F ▁major ▁dated ▁ 1 7 4 3 , ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Sant ini ▁collection ▁in ▁Mün ster . ▁ ▁Short ly ▁after ▁his ▁time ▁in ▁Bolog na , ▁J omm elli ▁moved ▁to ▁Ven ice ▁and ▁composed ▁M ero pe , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁for er un ner ▁for ▁French ▁oper atic ▁style ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁century . ▁In ▁the ▁years ▁immediately ▁after ▁this , ▁he ▁wrote ▁oper as ▁for ▁Ven ice , ▁Tur in , ▁Bolog na , ▁Ferr ara ▁and ▁Pad ua , ▁and ▁two ▁popular ▁or ator ios , ▁Is acco ▁figura ▁del ▁Red ent ore ▁and ▁Bet ul ia ▁liber ata . ▁ ▁Ven ice ▁Some ▁time ▁around ▁ 1 7 4 5 , ▁H asse ▁recommended ▁J omm elli ▁for ▁a ▁position ▁as ▁the ▁Director ▁of ▁Music ▁at ▁the ▁O sp ed ale ▁degli ▁In cur ab ili ▁in ▁Ven ice , ▁one ▁of ▁that ▁city ' s ▁colleg es ▁for ▁female ▁mus icians . ▁This ▁full - time ▁employ ment ▁required ▁him ▁to ▁compose ▁sacred