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Mozart's Veni Sancte Spiritus KV 47 was composed in Vienna in 1768. The two-part setting of the Pentecost sequence (Come, Holy Spirit) follows the text of the antiphon Ad invocandum Spiritum Sanctum a...

According to recent research, the offertory "Benedictus sit Deus" K. 117 (66a) is identical to the offertory K. 47b, which was believed to be lost. It was intended for the dedication of the orphanage...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s youthful masterpiece "Te Deum laudamus" K. 141 (66b) captivates with its vibrant energy, festive brilliance, and Baroque-inspired polyphony. Scored for four-part mixed choir...

The four-movement "Regina coeli" K. 108 (74d), composed in Salzburg in May 1771, is clearly modeled on Neapolitan church music in terms of expression and texture. The mostly homophonic chorus of the t...

The "Regina coeli" K. 127, composed in Salzburg in May 1772, largely corresponds in expression and formal structure to the first work of the same name, K. 108 (74d), on the same Marian antiphon. In co...

The "Regina coeli" KV 276 (321b ) was composed in Salzburg after the composer's return from Paris. The occasion, date and autograph are unknown. However, its relationship to the first movement of Vesp...

In addition to masses, requiems and vespers, Mozart's larger works of church music include the four litanies, all of which were composed in Salzburg. After returning from his first trip to Italy (Dece...

The importance Mozart attached to his vespers can be seen from the fact that in a letter dated March 12, 1783 he asked his father to send the two works to him in Vienna in order to make them known to...

The importance Mozart attached to his vespers can be seen from the fact that in a letter dated March 12, 1783 he asked his father to send the two works to him in Vienna in order to make them known to...

In Italy today, a Latin sacred solo cantata, which consists of two arias and two recitatives and concludes with a Hallelujah, and which is generally sung by one of the best singers after the Credo, is...

How practical: This choral masterpiece is now appearing in a handy and affordable soft-cover score to complement the substantial linen-bound complete edition volume. The tried-and-tested musical text...

The St. John Passion was first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday of 1724. Written three years before the St. Matthew Passion, it was a work Bach revised during the rest of his life, in fact he did n...

2nd version in D major with 4 interludes of the E flat major version (transposed). Urtext of the New Bach Edition. Soprano solo (2), alto solo, tenor solo, bass solo, mixed choir-SSATB, flute (2), obo...

The "Missa in C" KV 220 with the popular nickname "Spatzenmesse" has become a firm fixture in the repertoire of many choirs to this day. As one of the most important works of church music from Mozart'...

During the last summer of his life, Franz Schubert completed the Mass in E-flat D 950. The occasion for the composition of this Missa solemnis cannot be clarified with certainty. Schubert did not live...

During the last summer of his life, Franz Schubert completed the Mass in E-flat D 950. The occasion for the composition of this Missa solemnis cannot be clarified with certainty. Schubert did not live...

Franz Schubert's 'Stabat Mater' D 175 is one of a number of church works that he wrote for his local congregation in Lichtental. This edition is based on the sole surviving source, the composer's auto...

Geistliche Kantate. Urtext der Telemann-Werkausgabe. Alt-Blockflöte in f,g (2), Piccolo (2), Flöte (2), Oboe (2), Fagott, Horn (2), Trompete (3), Pauke - Stimmensatz; Urtextausgabe Streicher & B.C. se...

Unlike Bach's other oratorio compositions, there is no definitive version of the St. John Passion. The first version of 1724 which is today's standard version represents a mixture of different reading...

For this scholarly-critical edition, the editor has considered no fewer than 16 sources, more than have ever been consulted for any other edition of the work. Some of these sources have been evaluated...

Beethoven described his grandly conceived 'Missa solemnis' as 'my greatest work' and sold manuscript copies to some of the subscribers even before it had appeared in print. This Urtext edition takes i...

Beethoven described the magnificent Missa solemnis as "my greatest work" and sold copies of the manuscript to some of his subscribers even before publication. This Urtext edition of the work takes all...

> Informative Foreword in the score (Ger/Eng) > Text underlay in two languages (Lat/Ger) > Piano reduction by the composer The first great orchestral psalm Mendelssohn's first great orchestral psalm t...

Mendelssohn's first large orchestral psalm took almost six years to compose, from the first sketches to the first version of 1830 to the final version of 1835. The work was not premiered until 1838 in...