Creation Mass
The Creation Mass in B flat major by Joseph Haydn ( Hob. XXII: 13 ) is the fifth of his six later masses.
Haydn composed it from July to September 1801 and it was premiered on September 13, 1801 in the Bergkirche Eisenstadt . It got its name because Haydn quotes a theme from his creation in the Gloria in the text “Qui tollis peccata mundi” , namely the passage “The thawing morning, oh how does it encourage”. Maria Theresa , wife of Emperor Franz II , is said to have displeased this passage, because the text “You bear the sins of the world” sounds so easy and light, whereupon the Empress requested the passage to be changed, but Haydn did not respond.
A performance of the fair takes about 45 minutes.
Instrumentation: solo quartet (SATB), choir (SATB), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, organ, strings
The fair is divided into six parts:
- Kyrie : Adagio - Allegro moderato
- Gloria : Allegro - Adagio - Molto vivace - Presto
- Credo : Vivace - Adagio - Allegro - Piú Allegro
- Sanctus : Adagio - Allegro
- Benedictus : Allegretto
- Agnus Dei : Adagio - Allegro moderato
literature
- Carl Maria Brand: The masses of Joseph Haydn. Würzburg 1941. Reprint: Sendet, Walluf 1973, ISBN 3-500-26080-2 .
- Peter Ickstadt: Joseph Haydn's masses: Studies on the form and relationship between text and music (= musicological publications, ISSN 0944-8608 , volume 31). Olms, Hildesheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-487-13996-8 , pp. 370-380 (Zugl .: Saarbrücken, Univ., Diss., 2008).
- Hans-Josef Irmen : Joseph Haydn: Life and Work. 2nd Edition. Böhlau, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-412-20020-6 , pp. 255–257 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- Oliver Schöner: Missa [B flat major]. »Creation Mass« Hob. XXII: 13. In: Silke Leopold , Ullrich Scheideler : Oratorio Guide. Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-00977-7 , p. 326 f.
Web links
- Mass in B-flat major, Hob.XXII: 13 (Haydn, Joseph) : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Sheet music from the Creation Mass in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)