Missa Quadragesimalis
MH 552, 1794
May also be used, without the Gloria, during Advent.
This Mass, completed on 6 March 1794, was not a new composition, but a re-used version of the Missa Dolorum Beatissimae Virginis Mariae which Haydn had composed in 1762 in Großwardein. With its economical resources and pronounced homophonic style, it corresponds with works which were written under the influence of the liturgical reforms in Salzburg in the 1790s.
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Composer
Johann Michael Haydn
| 1737-1806Johann Michael Haydn worked at the renowned ecclesiastical princely court in Salzburg from 1763. Stylistically, he bridged the gap between the early classical period and the Biedermeier period during his 43 years there. In accordance with his official duties, Haydn contributed to practically all the genres cultivated in the Catholic liturgy: Haydn's church music is characterised by his knowledge of the liturgical function and the musical interpretation of religious texts. Johann Michael Haydn was initially regarded by his contemporaries as equal to Joseph Haydn. It was only the rapid rise of his elder brother to become the most important instrumental composer of the time that pushed Johann Michael Haydn into the shadows, from which the joy of musical discovery in recent years has increasingly brought him out. Personal details
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Charles H. Sherman