Die Messenvertonungen Mozarts gehören seit jeher zum festen Bestand der kirchenmusikalischen Praxis. Wie nur wenige andere Vertonungen des Ordinariums verbiden sie hohe künstlerische Vollendung und Klangschönheit mit den Erfordernissen der Liturgie; selbst die textreichen Sätze "Gloria" und "Credo" haben in den meisten dieser Messen einen Umfang, der dem zeitlichen Rahmen eines feierlichen Gottesdienstes auch unserer Tage noch durchaus angemessen ist.
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Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
| 1756-1791As 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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Editor
Bernhard Janz
| 1957
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Eberhard Kraus
| 1931-2003
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W. A. Mozart Missa in C, KV 337
Etwa ein Jahr nach der „Krönungsmesse” komponierte Mozart ebenfalls für das Oster-Hochamt im Salzburger Dom die Messe C-Dur KV 337. Auffallend an dem Werk ist das streng kontrapunktisch angelegte Benedictus; im Gegensatz stehend zu dem lyrischen Hosanna und dem ebenfalls ungewöhnlichen Agnus Dei, das als Quartettsatz für konzertierende Orgel, Solo-Oboe und Solo-Fagott, die den koloraturreichen Part des Solo-Soprans umrahmen, angelegt ist. Für Chor, Solisten und Orchester eine anspruchsvolle Aufgabe. Ungewöhnlich und lohnend.
Roland Büchner
Quelle: Musica Sacra 3/91, S. 249
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