Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Mozart: Missa in C, K.317, Coronation Mass & Requiem, K.626

The Krönungsmesse "Coronation Mass" (Mass No. 15 in C major, KV 317; sometimes Mass No. 16), composed in 1779, is one of the most popular of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 17 extant settings of the Ordinary of the Mass. This setting, like the majority of Mozart's mass settings, is a Missa brevis, or short mass (as opposed to the more formal Solemn Masses or High Masses, known as Missae Solemnes). Fitting with its nickname, it includes fanfares, pageantry and the use of trumpets and trombones.
This Mass was completed on March 23 1779 in Salzburg. It may have been intended to be used for the crowning of an image of the Virgin in the Church of Maria-Plain situated outside the walls of the city (hence the nickname). Mozart had just returned to Salzburg, after 18 months of fruitless job hunting in Paris and Mannheim, in January 1779. His father Leopold promptly got him a job as court organist and composer in the Salzburg Cathedral, and the organ features prominently in this work. It was almost certainly premiered on Easter Sunday April 4, 1779 in the Salzburg Cathedral. Subsequently, it was used for the Prague coronation of Emperor Leopold II of Austria in August 1791 (still justifying the nickname), with the composer in attendance. Two years later, it was performed at the coronation of Leopold's successor, Francis II.
The Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in 1791. The requiem was Mozart's last composition, and is one of his most popular and most respected works. There has been a debate over how much of the music Mozart managed to complete before his death, and how much was later composed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, or possibly others.
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I. Missa in C, K.317, Coronation Mass
(1) Kyrie
(2) Gloria
(3) Credo
(4) Sanctus
(5) Benedictus
(6) Agnus Dei

II. Requiem, K.626
(01) Requiem
(02) Ii. Kyrie Iii. Sequentia
(03) Dies Irae
(04) Tuba Mirium
(05) Rex Tremendae
(06) Recordare
(07) Confutatis
(08) Lacrimosa
(09) Domine Jesu
(10) Hostias
(11) Sanctus
(12) Benedictus
(13) Agnus Dei
(14) Communio

1 comment:

Arthur Lee said...

The Sanctus/Benedictus/Angus Dei of the Coronation Mass are not the one that they should be.
Apparently what they are are the duplicates of Requiem one.

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