SKU: CA.4060149

ISBN 9790007219321. Key: F major. Text language: Latin.

Despite all of its folk-line simplicity of melody, Haydn's first mass contains a pious note that, just like its youthful verve, still was to hold fascination for him in his late years when, in 1805, he re-orchestrated his first work. The first version of the mass is considered to have been composed in 1749 or 1750. It was around the same time that Pope Benedict XIV treated questions concerning church music in his encyclical Annus qui in which he condemned the frequently operatic style of church music and demanded liturgical music that revealed an awareness of its religious purpose and that sought to fulfill it with simple means of musical expression. In its liturgical attitude Haydn's first mass is anchorded in this point of view (that to a great extent corresponded to the general standpoint of the churches of the eighteenth century). Score and part available separately - see item CA.4060100.

SKU: HL.14036368

SKU: HL.14033862

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SKU: BT.MUSSRO100110

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Whispered And Revealed is a setting of H. W. Longfellow's 'Snow-Flakes' by composer Nico Muhly . It is arranged for SATB Choir and Harp, and this is the full score. The piece lasts approximately 3 and a half minutes. Nico Muhly himself states that the music of Whispered And Revealed  reflects the delicacy of winter weather, while the text and music hint at a certain anxiety. The piece was commissioned by Essential Voices USA and is dedicated to their conductor, Judy Clurman, and was composed in 2014.

SKU: CA.3909905

ISBN 9790007215361. Key: G major. Language: Latin.

Telemann's Missa brevis on the chorale for Pentecost Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott is one of his eleven surviving Latin Missae breves based on church hymns. The motet-like composition calls for a mixed choir accompanied by a basso continuo, reinforced by colla-parte instruments. However, the mass can also be performed solely with an organ accompaniment. Score available separately - see item CA.3909900.

SKU: CA.3909605

ISBN 9790007162108. Key: G major. Language: Latin.

Telemann's Missa brevis on Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr is one of his eleven surviving Latin Missae breves based on church hymns. The motet-like composition calls for a mixed choir accompanied by a basso continuo, reinforced by colla-parte instruments. However, the mass can also be performed solely with an organ accompaniment. Score available separately - see item CA.3909600.

SKU: PR.UE037207

Beckschafer has spent his musical life in and around Munich. He studied organ, piano, and choral conducting, served as a cantor for several years, and has taught music theory at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater M?nchen from 1988 to 2001. He has since been teaching at the Hochschule fur Musik Augsburg-Nurnberg (through 2007) and then at Nurnberg. We have previously released his Five Christmas Motets and Five Motets for Passiontide. Composed for standard church use, his Missa brevis in A minor is well-suited to an experienced chorus of mixed voices, unaccompanied.