SKU: CA.4061649

ISBN 9790007073688. Key: C major. Language: Latin.

Here, as also in his earlier Litte Credo Mass KV 192, Mozart made use of a church music device which can be traced back in south-German and Austrian church music to the beginning of the 18th century: frequent repetition of the opening words of the Credo. This presupposes that the setting of the words of the intonation Credo in unum Deum as part of an ensemble composition, which for centuries had been intoned in plainsong by the priest, had become liturgically acceptable. It was only a small and syntactically logical step for the word Credo to be repeated before the individual articles of belief, thus strengthening the declaration of faith. Score and part available separately - see item CA.4061600.

SKU: CA.5127813

ISBN 9790007224790. Key: C major. Language: all languages.

Score available separately - see item CA.5127800.

SKU: CA.4061605

ISBN 9790007073633. Key: C major. Language: Latin.

Here, as also in his earlier Litte Credo Mass KV 192, Mozart made use of a church music device which can be traced back in south-German and Austrian church music to the beginning of the 18th century: frequent repetition of the opening words of the Credo. This presupposes that the setting of the words of the intonation Credo in unum Deum as part of an ensemble composition, which for centuries had been intoned in plainsong by the priest, had become liturgically acceptable. It was only a small and syntactically logical step for the word Credo to be repeated before the individual articles of belief, thus strengthening the declaration of faith. Score available separately - see item CA.4061600.

SKU: CA.4004919

ISBN 9790007137656. Key: C major. Language: Latin.

Score and parts available separately - see item CA.4004900.

SKU: CA.4062749

ISBN 9790007084738. Key: C major. Language: Latin.

The relatively unspectacular nature of the Spaur Mass may be one of the reasons for the fact that writers on music generally refer to it only as a peripheral work, a little sister of Mozart's important church works. With regard to scoring, the Spaur Mass belongs to the category of the missa solemnis, but its brevity and its stylistic character belong far more to the missa brevis. Unlike the Organ Solo Mass KV 259, here the soloistic element - both instrumental and vocal - is clearly integrated to the background in favour of the development of the whole ensemble. Score and part available separately - see item CA.4062700.

SKU: CA.4005219

ISBN 9790007137687. Key: C major. Language: Latin.

Dixit et Magnificat comprises the earliest vesper sections of all the vesper services and vesper psalm settings that Mozart wrote. Like the later complete vesper services, it was one of the works of church art commissioned for prestige purposes as was the custom at all well-known courts in Europe during the eighteenth century. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.4005200.

SKU: CA.4062619

ISBN 9790007133368. Key: C major. Language: Latin.

An unusual feature of this Mass is its cyclic form, a compositional principle which Mozart first introduced in his masses in this Mass in C: in the Agnus Dei (Dona nobis pacem) he reverted to the music of the Kyrie, thus giving the Mass overall musical unity. Another unusual feature of this work is its popular character. This is evident both in its catchy themes and in its relatively straigthforward musical structure. This work is now available in carus music, the choir app! Score and parts available separately - see item CA.4062600.