Mass in C major, K. 66 "Dominicus"

The Missa solemnis in C major, K. 66, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1769.^[1] It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violins I and II, viola, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 clarini (high trumpets), 2 trumpets and basso continuo.

Mozart composed the mass for the ordination of Cajetan Hagenauer, son of Lorenz Hagenauer, the Mozarts' landlord and family friend. Cajetan had entered St Peter's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, whilst the Mozarts were on their grand tour.^[2] When he became a priest in 1769, he took the name Pater Dominicus and celebrated his first solemn high mass; this gives the work its nickname, Dominicusmesse or Pater Dominicusmesse.^[3] Leopold Mozart conducted the première of the mass to a packed Jesuit Church in Salzburg;^[4][5] it is thought that the success of this performance led to Wolfgang's first Italian tour.^[6]

Due to its length, the mass is classified as a missa solemnis.^[7] It is divided into six movements.

1. "Kyrie" Adagio, C major, common time —"Kyrie eleison..." Allegro, C major, 3/4 2. "Gloria" Allegro moderato, C major, 3/4 —"Laudamus te..." Andante grazioso, F major, 2/4; soprano/alto duet —"Gratias agimus tibi..." Adagio, C major, common time —"Propter magnam gloriam tuam..." Allegro, C major, common time —"Domine Deus..." Un poco andante, G major, 3/4; tenor solo —"Qui tollis peccata mundi..." Un poco adagio, G minor, common time —"Quoniam tu..." Andante ma un poco Allegro, F major, 3/4; soprano solo —"Cum Sancto Spiritu..." Alla breve, C major, cut common time 3. "Credo" Molto allegro, C major, common time —"Et incarnatus est..." Adagio, F major, 3/4; soloists

—"Crucifixus..." Adagio, C minor, common time —"Et resurrexit..." Molto allegro, C major, common time —"Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum..." Andante, G major, 3/4; tenor solo —"Et in unam sanctam..." Moderato, C major, common time —"Et vitam venturi saeculi..." Allegro, C major, 3/4 4. "Sanctus" Adagio, C major, common time —"Pleni sunt coeli et terra..." Allegro, C major, 3/4 —"Hosanna in excelsis..." Moderato, C major, common time 5. "Benedictus" Allegro moderato, G major, common time; soloists —"Hosanna in excelsis..." Moderato, C major, common time 6. "Agnus Dei" Allegro moderato, C major, common time —"Dona nobis pacem..." Allegro, C major, 3/8

References

1. Melograni, Piero (2007). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Biography. p. 31.
2. Einstein, Alfred (1945). Mozart: His Character, His Work. p. 325.
3. Kennedy, Michael; Bourne, Joyce, eds. (2004). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. p. 204.
4. Deutsch, Otto Erich (1966). Mozart: A Documentary Biography. p. 146.
5. Halliwell, Ruth (1998). The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context. p. 142.
6. Keefe, Simon P. (2003). The Cambridge Companion to Mozart. Cambridge Companions to Music. p. 120.
7. Sadie, Stanley (2006). Mozart: The Early Years 1756–1781. p. 168.

External links

• Missa in C K. 66: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Free scores of Missa Solemnis in C major (Dominicusmesse), KV 66 in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Mass in C major, K.66: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project