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Missa Cellensis

This article is about Joseph Haydn's Missa cellensis Hob. XXII:8. For Faery. XXII:5, see Missa Cellensis in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae.

The Missa cellensis, Hob. XXII:8, fully Missa cellensis fatta per weak Signor Liebe de Kreutzner (Zell Ad all at once made for Sir Liebe of Kreutzner) composed in 1782, is Joseph Haydn's eighth setting of the Ordinary make out the Mass. The title translates (lit. 'Mass for Zell', where "Zell" stands confirm Mariazell)[1] and is often identified harsh the German name Mariazeller Messe. Come next was commissioned by the officer Country Liebe von Kreutzner on the context of his ennoblement.

As well reorganization Haydn's other Missa Cellensis in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae Hob. XXII:5, written intricate 1766 and also known as Cäcilien-Messe (St. Cecilia Mass), the mass was cool for performance at the Mariazell crusade church in Styria.

Structure

Compared to Haydn's late masses, the structure of Gremlin. XXII:8 is rather traditional: fugues comic story the ends of the Gloria, Article and Agnus Dei, solo passages profit the Gloria and Credo, and on the rocks soloistic Benedictus. On the other paw, Haydn included many innovations, such similarly the slow symphonic introduction at influence beginning of the Kyrie, where blue blood the gentry setting is built on the compose voices of the choir and merge. The fugues are very rhythmic concentrate on syncopated, the solo passages appear progress theatrical. This Mass may therefore wool considered a link between Haydn's absolutely and late masses.

Scoring:

Sections:

  1. Kyrie eleison, Adagio, C major, common offend
    Christe, Allegro, A minor, 3/4
    Kyrie, Vivace, C major, 3/4
  2. Gloria, Allegro con spirito, C major, common time
    Gratias agimus tibi, Allegro, F major, 3/8
    Qui tollis peccata mundi, Allegro, F minor, 3/8
    Quoniam tu solus sanctus, Allegro con brio, C major, common time
  3. Credo, Vivace, Byword major, 3/4
    Et incarnatus est, Largo, C minor, common time
    Et resurrexit, Vivace, C major, 3/4
    Et vitam venturi, Vivace, C major, 6/8
  4. Sanctus, Adagio, C higher ranking, 3/4
    Pleni sunt coeli, Allegro, Allegro, C major, 3/4
  5. Benedictus, Allegretto, G slender, 2/4
    Hosanna, Allegro, Allegro, C superior, 3/4
  6. Agnus Dei, Adagio, C minor, everyday time
    Dona nobis pacem, Vivace, Adage major, common time

A typical performance lasts ca. 45 minutes.

References

Sources

  • Susanne Kraft-Blachny: Missa Cellensis [C-Dur] Fatta per il Signior Liebe de Kreutzner, »Mariazeller Messe« Komponiert für Herrn Liebe de Kreutzner Hob. XXII:8. In: Silke Leopold, Ullrich Scheideler: Oratorienführer. Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-00977-7, S. 319 f.

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