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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Missa brevis in G major

KV 140 (235d), 1773 (?)

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The G major mass of Mozart follows a very special type of mass pattern, namely, that of the “Missa pastoralis”. In Mozart's time it was a widespread type of mass, especially in Bohemia and Italy, in which melodies and rhythms like those familiar from pastoral Christmas music were frequently found. The themes in this type of mass are song-like and often make use of folksongs or references to well-known tunes.
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  • Kyrie (Coro)

    Kyrie eleison
    Christe eleison
    Kyrie eleison

    Gloria (Soli SATB, Coro)

    Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
    Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te.
    Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.
    Domine Deus, Rex caelestis. Deus Pater omnipotens.
    Domine Fili Unigenite. Jesu Christe.
    Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris.
    Qui tollis peccata mundi,
    miserere nobis.
    Qui tollis peccata mundi,
    suscipe deprecationem nostram.
    Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris,
    miserere nobis.
    Quoniam tu solus Sanctus.
    Tu solus Dominus.
    Tu solus Altissimus,

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  • Abridged Foreword of the Edition Carus 40.623

    Willi Schulze
    Translation: E. D. Echols

    On no other Mozart mass has professional opinion differed so widely as on the Missa brevis in G Major KV 140. While Mozart biographer Otto Jahn labelled the work “superficial and light” and Alfred Einstein, in the Köchel Catalogue, expressed doubt as to the “authenticity of this flat work,” Franz Lorenz had already called attention in his investigation of Mozart’s masses3 to the work’s “purity of feeling” and “lovely charm of expression” as clearly revealing Mozart’s masterly skill. This opinion was shared by Altmann Kellner who, after discovering an early copy of the work in the Kremsmünster Monastery and then making critical comparisons, became convinced that this mass is “genuine Mozart.”

    While to earlier researchers the sources known to them caused doubts as to Mozart’s autorship, the unusual style of the work gave rise to still other questions. Otto Jahn felt that the 6/8 beginning of the Gloria and the transition to 3/8 time for “Laudamus te” were “striking divergences” from Mozart’s other treatment of the Gloria text. Too, Franz Lorenz misses Mozart’s “so unique inner fire,” but

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  • Gekürztes Vorwort der Ausgabe Carus 40.623

    Willi Schulze

    Keine Messe Mozarts ist in der Fachliteratur so unterschiedlich beurteilt worden wie die Missa brevis in G KV 140. Während der Mozartbiograph Otto Jahn das Werk als „oberflächlich und leichtfertig“ bezeichnet und Alfred Einstein im Köchelverzeichnis die „Echtheit des platten Werkes“ bezweifelt, hatte schon Franz Lorenz in seiner Arbeit über Mozarts Messen auf die „Reinheit der Empfindung“ und die „holdselige Lieblichkeit des Ausdrucks“ hingewiesen, die deutlich Mozarts Meisterschaft verraten würden. Diesem Urteil schloss sich Altmann Kellner an, der im Stift Kremsmünster eine frühe Kopie des Werkes entdeckte und auf Grund kritischer Vergleiche zu der Überzeugung gelangte, diese Messe sei „ein echter Mozart“.

    Den Beginn des Gloria im 6/8-Takt und den Übergang zum 3/8-Takt bei Laudamus te empfand schon Otto Jahn als „auffallende Abweichung“ von Mozarts sonstiger Behandlung des Gloria-Textes. Auch Franz Lorenz vermisst das Mozart „so eigenthümliche innere Feuer“, ist aber andererseits – im Gegensatz zu Jahn – besonders von dem Laudamus te beeindruckt und fragt mit Recht: „Wer unter den damaligen

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  • As the son of the deputy Kapellmeister to the Salzburg Prince-Archbishop, Mozart was constantly surrounded by church music in his youth. On his travels Mozart became familiar with Italian church music, and later in Vienna he studied the works of Bach and Handel. After moving to Vienna he was faced with the new challenges of composing opera and piano concertos, and significantly the “C Minor Mass” KV 427, the greatest sacred work of the first Vienna years, remained unfinished. The last period of his life again shows a change of direction to church music: Mozart successfully applied to succeed the terminally ill Leopold Hoffmann as Kapellmeister at St Stephen's Cathedral, but he was unable to take up the position as he died before Hoffmann. A gem such as the “Ave verum” KV 618 and the incomplete Requiem KV 626 give us an idea of what Mozart might have achieved as a composer of sacred music if he had taken up this important position. Personal details

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