Mass in C major, K. 66 "Dominicus"

Not to be confused with Mass in C, 'Solemnis', K. 337; Great Mass in C minor, K. 427; or Missa solemnis in C minor, 'Waisenhaus', K. 139.

Missa solemnis in C major
"Dominicus"
Mass by W. A. Mozart
Interior of St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg
Key	C major
Catalogue	K. 66
Occasion	Ordination of Cajetan Hagenauer  [ de ] as Pater Dominicus
Composed	15 October 1769 (1769-10-15): Salzburg
Movements	6
Vocal	SATB choir and soloists
Instrumental	Orchestra

The Missa solemnis in C major, K. 66, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1769. ^[1] It is scored for SATB soloists and choir, violins I and II, viola, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 clarini (high trumpets), 2 trumpets and basso continuo.

Mozart composed the mass for the ordination of Cajetan Hagenauer  [ de ], son of Lorenz Hagenauer  [ Wikidata ], the Mozarts' landlord and family friend. Cajetan had entered St Peter's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, whilst the Mozarts were on their grand tour. ^[2] When he became a priest in 1769, he took the name Pater Dominicus and celebrated his first solemn high mass; this gives the work its nickname, Dominicusmesse. ^[3] Leopold Mozart conducted the première on 15 October to a packed church in Salzburg; ^{[4] [5]} it is thought that the success of this performance led to Wolfgang's first Italian tour. ^[6]

Due to its length, the mass is classified as a missa solemnis . ^[7] It is divided into six movements.

1. KyrieAdagio, C major,

   "Kyrie eleison" Allegro, C major, ³
   ₄

2. GloriaAllegro moderato, C major, ³
   ₄

   "Laudamus te" Andante grazioso, F major, ²
   ₄; soprano/alto duet

   "Gratias agimus tibi" Adagio, C major,

   "Propter magnam gloriam tuam" Allegro, C major,

   "Domine Deus" Un poco andante, G major, ³
   ₄; tenor solo

   "Qui tollis peccata mundi" Un poco adagio, G minor,

   "Quoniam tu" Andante ma un poco allegro, F major, ³
   ₄; soprano solo

   "Cum Sancto Spiritu" Alla breve, C major,

3. CredoMolto allegro, C major,

   "Et incarnatus est" Adagio, F major, ³
   ₄; soloists

   "Crucifixus" Adagio, C minor,

   "Et resurrexit" Molto allegro, C major,

   "Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum" Andante, G major, ³
   ₄; soprano solo

   "Et in unam sanctam" Moderato, C major,

   "Et vitam venturi saeculi" Allegro, C major, ³
   ₄

4. SanctusAdagio, C major,

   "Pleni sunt coeli et terra" Allegro, C major, ³
   ₄

   "Hosanna in excelsis" Moderato, C major,

5. BenedictusAllegro moderato, G major, ; soloists

   "Hosanna in excelsis" Moderato, C major,

6. Agnus DeiAllegro moderato, C major,

   "Dona nobis pacem" Allegro, C major, ³
   ₈

Recordings

• 1989 – Edith Mathis (soprano), Rosemarie Lang (contralto), Uwe Heilmann (tenor), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass) – Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel – CD Philips. This recording was used in volume 19 (Missae/Requiem) of The Complete Mozart Edition . During the 1980s, Kegel recorded Mozart's complete large-scale religious music (i.e. masses, missae breves, offertoriums etc.) for Philips.

References

1. Melograni, Piero (2007). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Biography. University of Chicago Press. p. 31. ISBN   978-0-226-51956-2.
2. Einstein, Alfred (1945). Mozart: His Character, His Work. Oxford University Press. p. 325. ISBN   978-0-19-500732-9.
3. Kennedy, Michael; Bourne, Joyce, eds. (2004). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music . Oxford University Press, USA. p.  204. ISBN   978-0-19-860884-4.
4. Deutsch, Otto Erich (1966). Mozart: A Documentary Biography . Stanford University Press. p.  146.
5. Halliwell, Ruth (1998). The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context. Clarendon Press. p. 142. ISBN   978-0-19-816371-8.
6. Keefe, Simon P. (2003). The Cambridge Companion to Mozart. Cambridge Companions to Music. p. 120. ISBN   978-0-521-00192-2.
7. Sadie, Stanley (2006). Mozart: The Early Years 1756–1781 . Oxford: Oxford University Press. p.  168. ISBN   978-0-393-06112-3.

External links

•  Missa in C K. 66: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Free scores of Missa Solemnis in C major (Dominicusmesse), KV 66 in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Mass in C major, K. 66 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Animated score on YouTube, Charlotte Margiono, soprano; Elisabeth von Magnus, alto; Uwe Heilmann, tenor; Gilles Cachemaille  [ fr ], bass; Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Concentus Musicus Wien, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt