Missa Brevis No. 9
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Missa Brevis No. 9 (Mozart)
The Missa Brevis No. 9 in B-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 275/272b, was probably written before September 1777 for Salzburg. The mass is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violin I, violin II, 3 trombones, string bass, and organ.
The setting is divided into six movements.
- "Kyrie" Allegro, B-flat major, common time
- "Gloria" Allegro, B-flat major, 2/4
- "Credo" Allegro, B-flat major, common time
- —"Et incarnatus est..." Adagio
- —"Et resurrexit..." Allegro
- "Sanctus" Andante, B-flat major, 3/4
- "Benedictus" Andante, E-flat major, 3/4
- —"Osanna..." Allegro
- —"excelsis..." B-flat major
- "Agnus Dei" Andante, G minor, common time
- —"Dona nobis pacem..." Allegro, B-flat major, cut time
In the Gloria and the Credo, Mozart eschews the traditional concluding fugues.[1] Despite being a missa brevis, the Agnus Dei is very long and there is "a prolonged setting for soloists and choir of 'Dona nobis pacem', ending piano."[1] The Dona nobis is set as a gavotte, "like a vaudeville and has been compared with the specimen of this genre at the end of Die Entführung."[2]
The premiere probably took place on December 21, 1777, with castrato Francesco Ceccarelli among the soloists singled out for praise for his performance.[3] Elsewhere church musicians were offended, such as those at Wasserburg am Inn, who found Mozart's setting "an open mockery of the holy text."[2]
Notes
References
- Heartz (1995) Daniel. New York. Haydn, Mozart, and the Viennese School: 1740 — 1780 W. W. Norton & Co.
- Hugues (1974) Rosemary. London. Haydn. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Schenbeck (1996) Lawrence. Chapel Hill, North Carolina Joseph Haydn and the Classical Choral Tradition Hinshaw Music
External links
- Missa Brevis No. 9 (Mozart): Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Free scores of Missa_Brevis_in_B_flat_(KV_275)_(Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart) in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
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