Missa Sancti Cyrilli et Methodii
MH 13
The thirty or so settings of the Mass by Johann Michael Haydn (Joseph’s younger brother) are masterpieces of their class, and were greatly loved during his lifetime. In his sacred music Haydn succeeds in creating a synthesisof counterpoint and song-like melodies, which shows the influence of Gregorian chant and indigenous folk music. With the Missa Sancti Cyrilli et Methodii dedicated to the Slavic apostles Cyrill and Methodius it is possible that Haydn applied for a position in Brno and it actually appears as if the 21-year-old composer wanted to present a masterpiece demonstrating his skills. The mass of 1758 is an early work, still written in the baroque stylistic tradition of the southern German region; it also reveals subjective inspiration which separates it from many mass settings by Haydn‘s contemporaries. The composition is a cantata mass; the sections of the ordinary are divided into individual movements which interpret the text using a variety of instrumentations and compositional techniques aimed at contrast and diversity.
As part of its Urtext complete edition Carus has published the mass for the first time.
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Compositeur
Johann Michael Haydn
| 1737-1806Johann Michael Haydn a travaillé à partir de 1763 à la prestigieuse cour princière de Salzbourg. Au cours des 43 années qu'il y a passées, il a jeté un pont stylistique entre le classicisme précoce et le Biedermeier musical. Conformément à ses obligations de service, Haydn a contribué à pratiquement tous les genres cultivés dans la liturgie catholique : la connaissance de la fonction liturgique et l'interprétation musicale des textes religieux caractérisent la musique sacrée de Haydn. Johann Michael Haydn a d'abord été considéré par ses contemporains comme étant au même niveau que Joseph Haydn. Ce n'est que l'ascension fulgurante de son frère aîné, devenu le plus important compositeur instrumental de l'époque, qui a relégué Johann Michael Haydn dans l'ombre, d'où la joie de la découverte musicale de ces dernières années l'a de plus en plus fait sortir. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Éditeur
Armin Kircher
| 1966-2015Armin Kircher studied church music at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Until his death he was Director of the Church Music Department of the Archdiocese of Salzburg, and since 1992 he had been administrative director of the Österreichische Werkwoche für Kirchenmusik (Austrian Week for Church Music). He was also Director of Music at St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg and organist at the Cajetan Church in Salzburg. The collections he edited for the Catholic liturgy have become established standard works, in particular the choral collections Chorbuch Mozart • Haydn, the Chorbuch Kirchenjahr (Choirbook for the Church Year) and publications for organ and choir for the new Catholic hymnbook Gotteslob. Armin Kircher also made a name as an arranger of beautiful settings for choir and organ. Plus d'information sur la personne