Mass in C major, K. 66 "Dominicus"
Missa solemnis in C major | |
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"Dominicus" | |
Mass by W. A. Mozart | |
Key | C major |
Catalogue | K. 66 |
Occasion | Ordination of Cajetan Hagenauer as Pater Dominicus |
Composed | 15 October 1769 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, son of Lorenz Hagenauer, 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. Kyrie Adagio, C major, common time
- — "Kyrie eleison" Allegro, C major, 3/4
2. Gloria Allegro moderato, C major, 3/4
- — "Laudamus te" Andante grazioso, F major, 2/4; soprano/alto duet
- — "Gratias agimus tibi" Adagio, C major, common time
- — "Propter magnam gloriam tuam" Allegro, C major, common time
- — "Domine Deus" Un poco andante, G major, 3/4; tenor solo
- — "Qui tollis peccata mundi" Un poco adagio, G minor, common time
- — "Quoniam tu" Andante ma un poco Allegro, F major, 3/4; soprano solo
- — "Cum Sancto Spiritu" Alla breve, C major, cut common time
3. Credo Molto allegro, C major, common time
- — "Et incarnatus est" Adagio, F major, 3/4; soloists
- — "Crucifixus" Adagio, C minor, common time
- — "Et resurrexit" Molto allegro, C major, common time
- — "Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum" Andante, G major, 3/4; soprano solo
- — "Et in unam sanctam" Moderato, C major, common time
- — "Et vitam venturi saeculi" Allegro, C major, 3/4
4. Sanctus Adagio, C major, common time
- — "Pleni sunt coeli et terra" Allegro, C major, 3/4
- — "Hosanna in excelsis" Moderato, C major, common time
5. Benedictus Allegro moderato, G major, common time; soloists
- — "Hosanna in excelsis" Moderato, C major, common time
6. Agnus Dei Allegro moderato, C major, common time
- — "Dona nobis pacem" Allegro, C major, 3/8
References
- ^ Melograni, Piero (2007). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Biography. p. 31.
- ^ Einstein, Alfred (1945). Mozart: His Character, His Work. p. 325.
- ^ Kennedy, Michael; Bourne, Joyce, eds. (2004). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 204.
- ^ Deutsch, Otto Erich (1966). Mozart: A Documentary Biography. Stanford University Press. p. 146.
- ^ Halliwell, Ruth (1998). The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context. p. 142.
- ^ Keefe, Simon P. (2003). The Cambridge Companion to Mozart. Cambridge Companions to Music. p. 120.
- ^ Sadie, Stanley (2006). Mozart: The Early Years 1756–1781. OUP Oxford. p. 168.
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