Mozart: Missa in C Major, K. 337 ("Missa solemnis")

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Editor: Franz Beyer (1922-2018) Instrumentation: SATB Choir, Orchestra Work: Missa in C Major ("Missa solemnis"), K. 337 Binding: Work Language: Latin ISMN: 9790004180464 Size: 7.5 x 10.6 inches Pages: 80 Urtext / Critical Edition Look Inside! PDF Preview Description According to the date inscribed in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's autograph score, the present mass was composed in March 1780. The instrumental setting (oboes, trumpets and timpani add color and festive splendor to the work) rightly suggests that the work was in all likelihood performed with the Church Sonata, K. 336 at the Easter high mass in the Salzburg cathedral. Since Archbishop Hieronymus Count Colloredo wanted the mass text to be treated as succinctly as possible, Mozart offered him a richly orchestrated "Missa solemnis" in the terse form of a "Missa brevis". The brilliant, festive character of the Mass, K. 337 is abruptly interrupted by a powe