Missa brevis in D minor | |
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Mass by W. A. Mozart | |
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Kollegienkirche, the University Church of
Salzburg, c. 1712 | |
Key | D minor |
Catalogue | K. 65/61a |
Occasion | Forty-hour vigil held at the Kollegienkirche |
Composed | 1769 Salzburg : |
Movements | 6 |
Vocal | SATB choir and soloists |
Instrumental |
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The Missa brevis in D minor, K. 65/61a, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12 years old at the time) and completed on 14 January 1769. [1] It is scored for SATB soloists and choir, violin I and II, 3 trombones colla parte, and basso continuo.
It is thought that this mass was performed in the University of Salzburg's Kollegienkirche to open a forty-hour vigil. [2] [3] As a Lenten mass, it is likely that the Gloria could not have been performed on this occasion, and would have been composed for subsequent use. [4] This is Mozart's shortest setting of the Order of Mass, and his only missa brevis set in a minor key. [3]
The mass is divided into six movements.
Missa brevis in D minor | |
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Mass by W. A. Mozart | |
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Kollegienkirche, the University Church of
Salzburg, c. 1712 | |
Key | D minor |
Catalogue | K. 65/61a |
Occasion | Forty-hour vigil held at the Kollegienkirche |
Composed | 1769 Salzburg : |
Movements | 6 |
Vocal | SATB choir and soloists |
Instrumental |
|
The Missa brevis in D minor, K. 65/61a, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12 years old at the time) and completed on 14 January 1769. [1] It is scored for SATB soloists and choir, violin I and II, 3 trombones colla parte, and basso continuo.
It is thought that this mass was performed in the University of Salzburg's Kollegienkirche to open a forty-hour vigil. [2] [3] As a Lenten mass, it is likely that the Gloria could not have been performed on this occasion, and would have been composed for subsequent use. [4] This is Mozart's shortest setting of the Order of Mass, and his only missa brevis set in a minor key. [3]
The mass is divided into six movements.