Missa Rorate coeli desuper

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The Missa Rorate coeli desuper in G major ( Hob. XXII: 3) is a mass ascribed to Joseph Haydn . It was possibly composed in 1749 or 1750 and, along with the Missa brevis in F major, would be one of Haydn's earliest creations. The title Rorate coeli desuper ("Thaw, you heaven, from above") is taken from the book Isaiah (45.8 VUL ) and comes from the text of the introit of the fourth Sunday in Advent (Rorate Sunday). Part of this Gregorian melody is used in the Kyrie .

The work was identified in 1957 in Göttweig Abbey by Haydn researcher HC Robbins Landon on the basis of a note incipit in Haydn's personal draft catalog. The attribution of the mass remained controversial. According to other views, the mass is the work of Haydn's teacher Georg Reutter or Ferdinand Arbesser.

The little mass is written for a four-part choir and a Viennese church trio (two violins , bass and organ ). The structure of the work corresponds to the ordinarium of Holy Mass . The performance lasts about eight minutes.

literature

  • Erich Schenk : Is the Göttweiger Rorate Mass a work of Joseph Haydn? In: Studies in Musicology . tape 24 , 1960, ISSN  0930-9578 , p. 87-105 .

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