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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Missa brevis in B flat major

KV 275 (272b), 1777

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To a greater extent than almost any others, Mozart's Masses combine a very high degree of artistic accomplishment and tonal beauty with fulfilment of the demands made by the Liturgy. Even the textually expansive movements "Gloria" and "Credo" are, in most of Mozart's Masses, short enough to meet the requirements of a festive service, today as in his time. The choral parts are not too difficult for well-trained amateur singers.
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  • Kyrie

    Kyrie eleison.
    Christe eleison.
    Kyrie eleison.

    Gloria

    Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
    Laudamus te. Benedicamus 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,
    suscipe deprecationem nostram.
    Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.
    Quoniam tu solus Sanctus.
    Tu solus Dominus.
    Tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe.
    Cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris.
    Amen.

    Credo

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  • (Abrigded Foreword of the Edition Carus 40.629/03

    Bernhard Janz
    Translation: John Coombs

    To a greater extent than almost any others, Mozart's Masses combine a very high degree of artistic accomplishment and tonal beauty with fulfilment of the demands made by the Liturgy. Even the textually expansive move­ments Gloria and Credo are, in most of Mozart's Masses, short enough to meet the requirements of a festive service, today as in his time. The choral parts are not too difficult for well-trained amateur singers, and in most cases even the solo sections are – given the necessary technical ability, vocal qualities and careful preparation – performable by non-professional singers. In addition, Mozart's church compositions frequently require only a small instrumental en­semble, which can be assembled relatively easily even when resources are limited; in common with all of Mozart's other Masses in the brevis class, the present work can be performed accompanied by a chamber orchestra consisting of violins, basses (double bass, cello, and possibly bassoon) and organ.

    As the autograph score of Mozart's Mass in B flat KV 275, which may have shown the date of composition, has been lost since the 19th

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  • Gekürztes Vorwort der Ausgabe Carus 40.629/03

    Bernhard Janz

    Mozarts Messen erfreuen sich in der kirchenmusikalischen Praxis großer und noch immer steigender Beliebtheit: Wie nur wenige andere Vertonungen des Ordinariums verbinden 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. Zudem übersteigen die technischen Ansprüche an die Ausführenden kaum jemals die Grenzen dessen, was von gut geschulten Laiensängern zu bewältigen ist; sogar die Soloabschnitte lassen sich mitunter – das technische Können, die stimmlichen Qualitäten und eine sorgfältige Einstudierung vorausgesetzt – auch von nicht professionellen Kräften ausführen. Außerdem begnügen sich die Kirchenkompositionen Mozarts nicht selten mit einem Instrumentalensemble, das auch in beschränkten Verhältnissen noch relativ leicht zusammenzustellen ist: Wie alle Mozart-Messen des brevis-Typs kommt auch die hier vorliegende Messe mit einem

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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
  • Paul Horn war ein deutscher Kirchenmusiker, Organist, Komponist und Musikwissenschaftler. Er studierte Kirchenmusik und Orgel an der Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule Esslingen am Neckar bei Hans-Arnold Metzger und Musikwissenschaft, Theologie und Geschichte an der Universität Tübingen. Seine berufliche Laufbahn begann als Kantor an der Evangelischen Michaelskirche in Stuttgart-Degerloch. 1954 wurde er Kantor an der Evangelischen Stadtkirche Ravensburg, eine Position, die er bis zu seiner Pensionierung innehatte. Als Musikwissenschaftler arbeitete Horn bis ins hohe Alter eng mit Carus zusammen. So stammen zahlreiche Carus-Klavierauszüge aus seiner Feder. Personal details

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