Joseph Haydn
Missa in B flat Hob. XXII:12
Theresienmesse
Joseph Haydn
Missa in B flat Hob. XXII:12
Theresienmesse
- Instrumentation Soloists, Mixed Choir (SATB), 2 Clarinets, 2 Trumpets, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola and Continuo
- Composer Joseph Haydn
- Editor Wolfgang Hochstein
- Edition Piano Reduction Download
- Publisher Carus-Verlag
- Order no. CV40610-03-DL
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Description:
The Missa in B flat major by Joseph Haydn presented here has gone down in music history under the nickname "Theresienmesse". The reason for this name is unclear, but could be related to the performance of this mass in Vienna in May 1800, presumably in the presence of Empress Marie Therese. Compared to Haydn's last two masses and the two German oratorios, the Theresienmesse is conceived for a relatively modest orchestration (with two clarinets and two trumpets with timpani as well as strings and organ continuo). This makes it easy to perform even in more modest church music settings - and yet it is also a musical jewel of the late Viennese Classical period.