The dating ?nel mese Decembre 1776? on the autograph of the Missa K. 258 is not authentic; it was most likely written towards 1775/76. On the autograph Leopold Mozart inscribed the title Missa but at the incipit on the old cover of the autograph collection he wrote Missa brevis. This points to the lack of standardization and uncertainty of the nomenclature. Although the work is written in th…

The first page of the autograph of the Mass K.49 (47d) bears below the author’s name the crossed-out (autograph?) suffix “in Wien” (“in Vienna”). “1768” and “in Wien” have been added by two other unidentified eighteenth-century hands.Mozart’s handwriting and the paper quality appear to verify this information. Moreover Mozart sketched t…

Waisenhaus Mass-Mozart had barely turned twelve when he composed and conducted his Missa solemnis in C minor K.139 to inaugurate a new orphanage on Vienna?s Rennweg in 1768.This astonishing early work adheres to the form of a Neapolitan cantata mass in which the separate movements (?Gloria? ?Credo? etc.) are themselves made up of self-contained choruses ariosos and ensembles.This frequently h…

Dominicus Mass-The Missa solemnis K.66 was one of the compositions that Mozart composed for the first solemn mass celebrated by his childhood friend Pater Dominicus Hagenauer in the abbey church of St. Peter in Salzburg on 15 October 1769.- Urtext of the New Mozart Edition- Full score performance material (BA4791) and vocal score (BA4791-90) available for sale.

The first page of the autograph of the Mass K.49 (47d) bears below the author’s name the crossed-out (autograph?) suffix “in Wien” (“in Vienna”). “1768” and “in Wien” have been added by two other unidentified eighteenth-century hands.Mozart’s handwriting and the paper quality appear to verify this information. Moreover Mozart sketched t…

The Missa brevis K.194 is one of a series of shorter mass settings written during Mozart's time is Salzburg - K.194 dates from August 1774.Scored for SATB soloists SATB chorus and orchestra it displays a range of expressive contrasts and is a work of great solemnity.Urtext of the New Mozart EditionFull score & parts (BA5342) & Vocal score (BA5342-90) available for sale

Great Credo Mass-The Missa K.257 bears the non-authentic dating 1776 and was presumably composed at the end of 1776 or in the first half of 1777. Like K.262 (246a) it is designated in Leopold Mozart?s handwriting as a Missa longa on the cover page of an early composite manuscript containing the five masses in C major. K.257 is listed there as the last work. The designation ?Missa longa? was in…

Great Credo Mass-The Missa K.257 bears the non-authentic dating 1776 and was presumably composed at the end of 1776 or in the first half of 1777. Like K.262 (246a) it is designated in Leopold Mozart?s handwriting as a Missa longa on the cover page of an early composite manuscript containing the five masses in C major. K.257 is listed there as the last work. The designation ?Missa longa? was in…

A new vocal score for the last movement from Beethoven's famous Ninth Symphony in D Minor (The Choral Symphony) containing the popular Ode To Joy.German text by Johann Christoph Griedrich von Schiller with English version by Natalia Macfarren.Revised by Michael Pilkington. Includes piano reduction of the orchestral score.

Sparrow Mass-Mozart?s ?Missa in C major? (K.220) nicknamed the ?Sparrow Mass? for its frequently recurring characteristic motifs in the violins has retained a firm place in the choral repertoire to the present day.The ?Sparrow Mass? is one of the most significant pieces of church music from Mozart?s years in Salzburg.Thanks to its clarity and largely homophonic texture it remains even today a w…

Baroque tradition remained alive in the music of Salzburg Cathedral into the first decades of the nineteenth century. This called for the inclusion of three trombones playing colla parte with the alto tenor and bass in the tuttis. Although not expressly noted in the autographs of the Masses the participation of trombones is authentically documented for K. 65 (61a).- Urtext of the New Mozart Edit…

The Missa Brevis B-Flat Major K. 275 (272b) was composed in Salzburg probably sometime before 23 September 1777.It is scored for Soprano solo Alto solo Tenor solo Bass solo Mixed choir (SATB) Trombone (3) Violin (2) Basses (Double bass Bassoon) Organ.Full score vocal score & performance material (BA5344) are available for sale.

This concert version has been prepared by Donald Mitchell for Soprano Alto Tenor and Baritone soloists 1 or 2 speakers SATB choir and Orchestra. The text has been compiled by R. Ellis Roberts.The first performance ofthis concert version was given on 27th June 1998 in the Snape Maltings Concert Hall as part of the Aldeburgh Festival by Janice Watson (Soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mezzo-Sopra…