Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
Little Organ Mass Hob. XXII:7, 1778 (?) (terminus ante quem)
In the Gloria and Credo of his “Little Organ Mass”, Haydn takes the principle of the Missa brevis to the extreme: the entire text is distributed simultaneously among the four voices so that the long text in the Gloria is treated in 19 measures. Accordingly, one has to be rhythmically autonomous as a chorister. Rhythmic certainty on the part of each individual is also necessary for the fugal treatment of the voices in the Sanctus, with its unusual 6/8 meter. It is good that one can practice these movements slowly, using the app.
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Performers: Barbara Hendricks (soprano) – Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden – Sir Neville Marriner
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Composer
Joseph Haydn
| 1732-1809As Kapellmeister to Prince Esterházy, Haydn composed numerous instrumental works and various operas, as well as making important contributions to the genre of church music, including fourteen Latin masses, of which only twelve are authentic or complete; these are complemented by motets and offertories, two important Te Deum settings, two Salve Reginas, a Stabat Mater, and the different versions of the Sieben Worte des Erlösers am Kreuze. The masses were composed continually between 1749 and 1802, except for the years 1783–1795, and therefore constitute the genre with which Haydn was occupied over the longest period of time. The six (authentic or complete) masses composed before 1782 are stylistically very different, and as well as short Missae breves there are more extended masses with rich orchestral scoring; by contrast the six so-called late masses, written from 1796 onwards, form a comparatively homogeneous group of more extensive works scored for large forces. With his two great oratorios Die Schöpfung (The Creation) (1798) and Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) (1801) Haydn established the tradition of the German oratorio for middle-class music making. Personal details