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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Missa brevis 1
score
Edited by Senn, Walter
Setting: Voice, choir and orchestra
Instrumentation: SSolo/ASolo/TSolo/BSolo/Mixed choir-SATB/3trombone/Str/Org
Series: Bärenreiter Urtext
Period: Classic
Grade: 3
Weight: 0.18 kg
Publisher: Bärenreiter
Item number: BA4736
Other reference: BA04736
ISMN: 9790006454679
The Missa brevis K.140 (Anh. 235d = No. 5) occupies a special position in that it comes close to a pastoral mass, a type not otherwise represented in Mozart’s mass oeuvre. As in no other setting of the Ordinary, songlike,graceful melodies predominate, only the main part of the Credo and the first section of the Agnus Dei stand out with their serious, solemn mood.
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