Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Missa c-Moll KV 139 (47a)
Waisenhaus-Messe
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Missa c-Moll KV 139 (47a)
Waisenhaus-Messe
- Instrumentation 4 Soloists, Mixed Choir (SATB), Organ and Orchestra
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Series Bärenreiter Urtext
- Editor Walter Senn
- Edition Score (Urtext) Download
- Publisher Bärenreiter Verlag
- Order no. BA4858-DL
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Description:
On the occasion of the dedication of a new orphanage on Vienna’s Rennweg, Mozart—who was just twelve years old in 1768—appeared before the audience as both composer and conductor with his "Missa solemnis" in C minor, K. 139. This astonishing early work follows the form of a Neapolitan cantata mass, whose individual movements—such as the "Gloria" and "Credo"—are in turn composed of self-contained choruses, ariosi, and ensembles. A characteristic feature of this frequently performed Mass is the sharp contrast between a cheerful overall mood in C major and dramatic, somber passages in minor.