Missa brevis in C major KV 259
The Missa brevis in C major KV 259 (“ Organ Solo Mass ”) is a mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .
Emergence
The mass was composed in Salzburg in 1775 or 1776 . The mass owes the name Organ Solo Mass to the distinctive organ playing in the Benedictus; it does not go back to Mozart himself. Nothing further is known about the origin of the fair. She is not mentioned in any of his letters.
occupation
The mass belongs to the genre of Missa brevis et solemnis ("short and solemn mass"), a hybrid form popular in the 18th century, which has the brevity of the Missa brevis ("short mass"), but through the use of trumpets and the kettledrum also contains elements of the Missa solemnis .
- SATB choir and SATB soloists
- 2 oboes ad lib. (added later, possibly by Leopold Mozart ?)
- 2 C trumpets
- 3 trombones ad lib.
- Timpani
- 2 violins
- Basso continuo : organ , cello , double bass , bassoon ad lib.
construction
The mass follows the ordinarium :
- Kyrie
- Gloria
- Credo : begins with the “Patrem omnipotent”; the priest's intonation “Credo in unum Deum” is not set to music
- Sanctus
- Benedictus
- Agnus Dei
The performance lasts approx. 15 minutes. It is thus Mozart's shortest mass.
literature
- Hartmut Schick : The solennen "Missae breves" KV 258 and 259. In: Silke Leopold (ed.): Mozart manual. Metzler and Bärenreiter, Stuttgart and Kassel 2005, ISBN 3-476-02077-0 , pp. 190–192.
- Arnold Werner-Jensen: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Music guide. Volume 2: Vocal Music. Reclam, Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-379-20023-9 , pp. 21-23.
Web links
- Missa in C, KV 259 : Score and critical report in the New Mozart Edition
- Missa brevis in C : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Sheet music in the public domain for Missa brevis in C major, KV 259 'Organ solo' in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Missa brevis et solemnis in C, KV 259, piano reduction . Breitkopf, 1998, ISBN 979-0-00418060-0 .