Mass in D minor, K. 65

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Missa brevis in D minor
Mass by W. A. Mozart
Homann Salzburg Kollegienkirche 1.jpg
Kollegienkirche, the University Church of Salzburg, c. 1712
Key D minor
Catalogue K. 65/61a
OccasionForty-hour vigil held at the Kollegienkirche
Composed1769 (1769): Salzburg
Movements6
Vocal SATB choir and soloists
Instrumental
  • 3 trombones
  • 2 violins
  • continuo

The Missa brevis in D minor, K. 65/61a, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12 years old at the time) and completed on 14 January 1769. [1] It is scored for SATB soloists and choir, violin I and II, 3 trombones colla parte , and basso continuo.

It is thought that this mass was performed in the University of Salzburg's Kollegienkirche to open a forty-hour vigil. [2] [3] As a Lenten mass, it is likely that the Gloria could not have been performed on this occasion, and would have been composed for subsequent use. [4] This is Mozart's shortest setting of the Order of Mass, and his only missa brevis set in a minor key. [3]

The mass is divided into six movements.

  1. Kyrie Adagio, D minor, common time
    "Kyrie eleison" – Allegro, D minor, 3/4
  2. Gloria Allegro moderato, D minor, common time
  3. Credo Allegro moderato, D minor, 3/4
    "Et incarnatus est" Adagio, D minor, cut common time
    "Et resurrexit" Allegro moderato, D minor, 3/4
    "Et vitam venturi saeculi" Più mosso, D minor, cut common time
  4. Sanctus Adagio, D minor, cut common time
    "Pleni sunt coeli et terra" Allegro, D minor, common time
    "Hosanna in excelsis" Allegro, D minor, 3/4
  5. Benedictus Andante, G minor, common time; soprano/alto duet
    "Hosanna in excelsis" Allegro, D minor, 3/4
  6. Agnus Dei Andante, D minor, common time
    "Dona nobis pacem" Vivace, D minor, 3/8

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References

  1. ↑ Deutsch, Otto Erich (1966). Mozart: A Documentary Biography . Stanford University Press. p.  86.
  2. ↑ Sadie, Stanley (2006). Mozart: The Early Years 1756–1781. p. 163. ISBN   9780198165293.
  3. 1 2 Eisen, Cliff; Keefe, Simon, eds. (2006). The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia. p. 273. ISBN   9781139448789.
  4. ↑ Einstein, Alfred (1945). Mozart: His Character, His Work. p. 326. ISBN   9780195007329.
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