Bai was acclaimed for his intricate attention to prosody, accentuation of words, and notation. His well known
Miserere, which he composed in 1713, is claimed by some opinions to be an imitation
Gregorio Allegri's
Miserere. According to
Eitner this Miserere, that is performed during the Easter day, consists of two parts; the first part is written for 5 voices and it had been composed by Allegri and the second part written for four voices origininates of Baj [originally by Eitner 1905: ''Der 1. Chor zu 5 Stim., ist von Allegri und der 2. Chor zu 4 Stim. von Bai. (Capella sistina Kat. p. 50. B, B., L 24. B. Joach. Bei'lin Singak. Lübeck. Schwerin F. inkompl. Hofb. Wien 15926, 2. Musikfr. Wien. Bologna.—
printed in Choron, Burney
and Lugano 1840''.)]. Furthermore, there exist the following compositions (quotation after Eitner): •
Miserere 4voices, performed as described above in sequence with the Miserere by Allegri (s. u.) •
Virgo gloriosa, (Haberl, privately, see above)) •
Miserere 8 voc. fecit 1700. Ms. 16690 •
Missa super Ut re mi fa, 5 voc. in P. — T 39 allerlei Gesge. in P. —
"W. 17 Nr. 81 obige Messe in P". •
Mss. in B. M. •
2 Messen zu 5 Stkn.,
1 Miserere zu 5 Stim, and
13 Motetten zu 4 u. 5 Stim, in P. •
Missa 5 voc., Ms. 16698 Nr. 13 in Hofb. Wien •
2 Motetten zu 4 Stim, in P:
Serve bone and
Dne. quando veneris, Ms. Bd. 158 in Breslau Kircheninstit. •
1 Gesg. in alter Hds., P. in Brüssel 1854 • further pieces of mucic, printed later on. == Further reading ==