Veni Sancte Spiritus (Mozart)
Veni Sancte Spiritus ( KV 47) is a sacred choir motet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . He composed it in Vienna in 1768 at the age of 12 and set it in C major for mixed choir, solos, orchestra and organ.
The work is divided into two parts: the setting of the Pentagon proper and an extensive alleluia . The choir sings almost continuously, with the exception of brief two-part solo interjections. The orchestral line-up includes 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 timpani, strings and organ. Great influences from the church music of his father Leopold Mozart as well as Michael Haydn and Johann Ernst Eberlin can be recognized.
The fact that the text begins with the same words as the well-known Pentecost sequence led to the widespread assumption that this sequence was set to music. However, the text was based on the antiphon Veni Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium , an earlier antiphon for the Magnificat in Vespers on Pentecost. Mozart added “ Offertorium ” as the subtitle .
The Alleluia in the second part is sometimes performed alone in services outside of Pentecost.
Web links
- Veni Sancte Spiritus : Score and critical report in the New Mozart Edition
- Sheet music in the public domain by Veni Sancte Spiritus (Mozart) in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)