Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Missa C-Dur KV 259 "Orgelsolo-Messe"
Description
When Anton Theodor of Colloredo was ordained as Archbishop of Olmütz in 1778, the prince archbishop left the selection of music to Kapellmeister Leopold Mozart. The work he chose was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Missa in C major K. 259 composed in 1775/76. On account of the soloistic organ part in the Benedictus, the work is also known as the Organ Solo Mass. As the Kapellmeister deemed the Kyrie too short and not solemn enough for the occasion, he replaced it with the Kyrie from the Spaur Mass K. 258. He also possibly altered the orchestration of the work, adding two oboes.
The copyist of the parts did not use the autograph, but rather a copy, in which an unknown person perhaps Mozart himself had already made cuts to the Benedictus. Copies of the original as well as the shortened Benedictus have been preserved, meaning that both versions of the work were copied first the original, and later the version containing the altered Benedictus.
In his edition, editor Walter Senn accounts for the different versions of the work with regard to its sources and genesis: The cuts in the Benedictus are marked with vi de, and the oboe parts have been added to the main text.
Product information
Edition number: BA04852
ISMN:9790006457069
Composer / Author:Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Title: Missa in C major K. 259 "Organ Solo Mass"
Instrumentation in detail: Soprano solo, Alto solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Mixed choir (SATB), Oboe (2), Trumpet (2), Trombone (3), Timpani, Strings, Organ
Volume / Series: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Editor: Senn, Walter
Product format: Score, Urtext edition
Scoring: Vocal, Mixed choir, Orchestra
Duration (approx.): 00:14:00
Publisher: Bärenreiter
Binding: Stapled
Print run: 4th printing 2019
Pages / Format: V, 70 S. - 31,0 x 24,3 cm
Weight: 330 g
Orchestral material
BA04852-65
Wind set, Urtext edition
Oboe (2), Trumpet (2), Trombone (3), Timpani
BA04852-67
Organ
Part, Urtext edition
BA04852-74
1. Violin
Part, Urtext edition
BA04852-75
2. Violin
Part, Urtext edition
BA04852-82
Violoncello, Double bass, Bassoon
Part, Urtext edition
BA04852-90
Vocal Score, Urtext edition
Paperback,
Mixed choir (SATB)
BA04852-91
Choral score, Urtext edition
Minimum order quantity: 10
BA04852-90D
Vocal Score, Urtext edition
Digital (download)
Mixed choir (SATB)
BA04852-91D
Choral score, Urtext edition
Digital (download)
Minimum order quantity: 10
BA04852D
Score, Urtext edition
Vocal, Mixed choir, Orchestra
Digital (download)
