Mass in C major, K. 262 "Missa longa"

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Missa longa in C major
Mass by W. A. Mozart
Salzburger Dom.jpg
Salzburg Cathedral may have been the first performance venue of the mass.
Catalogue K. 262/246a
Composed1775 (1775): Salzburg
Movements6
Vocal SATB choir and soloists
Instrumental
  • orchestra
  • continuo

The Missa longa in C major, K. 262/246a, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May 1776. [1] Other sources claim it was composed in May 1775. [2] It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violin I and II, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 clarini (high trumpets), 3 trombones colla parte , timpani and basso continuo.

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The mass is classed as a missa longa due to its length. However, due to its lack of extended writing for the solo parts, it has also been categorised as a missa brevis . [1] The occasion the mass was composed for remains debatable. It may have been composed at the Archbishop Colloredo's request for a special occasion at the Salzburg Cathedral, or at the directive of a different priest Colloredo's preference for brief settings makes it unlikely that he would have approved of the missa longa. [3] [4] Alternatively, it may have been composed for performance at St Peter's Church. [1] [2]

The mass is divided into six movements.

  1. KyrieAllegro moderato, C major, Commontime.svg
  2. GloriaAllegro con spiritu, C major, Commontime.svg
    "Qui tollis peccata mundi" Andante, G minor, 3
    4
    "Quoniam tu solus Sanctus" Allegro con spiritu, C major, Commontime.svg
  3. CredoAllegro, C major, 3
    4
    "Et incarnatus est" Adagio, C major, Commontime.svg
    "Et resurrexit" Allegro molto, C major, Commontime.svg
    "Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum" Allegro, G major, 3
    4
    "Et unam sanctam" Allegro, C major, 3
    4
    "Et vitam venturi saeculi" Allegro, C major, Allabreve.svg
  4. SanctusAndantino, C major, 3
    4
  5. BenedictusAndantino, F major, 3
    4
  6. Agnus DeiAndante, C major, Commontime.svg
    "Dona nobis pacem" Allegro, C major, Commontime.svg

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References

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  2. 1 2 Sadie, Stanley (2006). Mozart: The Early Years 17561781. p. 276. ISBN   9780191622663.
  3. Sadie, Stanley (2006). Mozart: The Early Years 17561781. p. 387. ISBN   9780198165293.
  4. Kenyon, Nicholas (2006). The Pegasus Pocket Guide to Mozart . p.  63.

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