Soli SST(A)TB Voices, ST(A)TB Choir, 2 Fl, 2 Vl, 2 Va (Vl, Va), Vc/Tiorba/Org, Basso Continuo - Level 3

SKU: CA.2102913

Mitternachtsmesse zu Weihnachten. Composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Edited by Hans Ryschawy. French Sacred Music. Viola 2. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin, Christmas. Single Part, Viola 2. H 9. 12 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 21.029/13. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2102913).

ISBN 9790007198213. Text language: Latin.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Christmas mass, the Messe de Minuit, is throughly in the French tradition, celebrating the joyful news of the Birth of Christ with cheerful happiness. In this midnight mass, composed in 1694, ten traditional French Christmas hymns have been rearranged, lending the work a dance-like energy alongside charming tone coloring. In independent movements the relatively small instrumental ensemble consisting of two flutes, strings and organ plays a significant role in the musical events of this mass, alternating with various combinations of the vocal parts. Solo voices are only used together in small ensembles and, in accordance with the practices of the period, the boundaries between solo ensemble and choir are fluid, meaning that these solo passages can also be sung by members of the choir. Score and part available separately - see item CA.2102900.

Soli SST(A)TB Voices, ST(A)TB Choir, 2 Fl, 2 Vl, 2 Va (Vl, Va), Vc/Tiorba/Org, Basso Continuo - Level 3

SKU: CA.2102914

Mitternachtsmesse zu Weihnachten. Composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Edited by Hans Ryschawy. French Sacred Music. Violoncello. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin, Christmas. Single Part, Cello. H 9. 20 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 21.029/14. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2102914).

ISBN 9790007198220. Text language: Latin.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Christmas mass, the Messe de Minuit, is throughly in the French tradition, celebrating the joyful news of the Birth of Christ with cheerful happiness. In this midnight mass, composed in 1694, ten traditional French Christmas hymns have been rearranged, lending the work a dance-like energy alongside charming tone coloring. In independent movements the relatively small instrumental ensemble consisting of two flutes, strings and organ plays a significant role in the musical events of this mass, alternating with various combinations of the vocal parts. Solo voices are only used together in small ensembles and, in accordance with the practices of the period, the boundaries between solo ensemble and choir are fluid, meaning that these solo passages can also be sung by members of the choir. Score and part available separately - see item CA.2102900.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, 2 violin, basso continuo

SKU: CA.5030549

Composed by Michael Haydn. Edited by Charles H. Sherman. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Johann Michael Haydn. Missa Beatiss.Virginis Mariae Mh 15. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin, Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hymns in praise of the Virgin Mary. Single Part, Organ. Composed circa 1758-1760. MH 15. 24 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 50.305/49. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5030549).

ISBN 9790007223762. Key: C major. Language: Latin.

The Missa Beatissimae Virginis Maria was composed ca. 1758-1760, between the end of his tenure as a singer in the choir of St. Stephen's in Vienna and the beginning of his first position as violinist and music director for the Bishop of Grosswardein. The scoring of SATB (for soli as well as choir) and church trio was augmented by two trumpets (clarini) and timpani, as well as two trombones. The latter instruments double the alto and tenor voices in tutti passages but in the Et incarnatus est they are also employed in an obbligato role. On the one hand, as an early work this Mass is in the style of the festive baroque tradition, as practiced in south-German regions until the middle of the eighteenth century; on the other hand it already shows the subjective inspiration which distinguished it from many of the mass settings by Haydn's contemporaries. Score and part available separately - see item CA.5030500.