Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae
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Michael Haydn
completed the Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae, Klafberg I:18, MH 546, on August 5, 1793, probably for use at the ceremony in which Ursula Oswald, the daughter of a friend, professed her religious vows at the Benedictine Abbey of Frauenwörth Chiemsee (as Saint Ursula
was her name day saint). Because of that fact, the Mass is sometimes known as the Chiemsee Mass.
The score calls for a quartet of vocal soloists, mixed choir, 2 bassoon
s, 2 trumpet
s in C, timpani
, and strings with an organ to play basso continuo. Additionally, Haydn would have expected three trombone
s to double "the lower voices in choral tuttis," a second organ to play continuo during choral tuttis, as described by Leopold Mozart
.
Haydn treated this setting of the mass ordinary "along symphonic lines" rather than "in the manner of the old Cantata Mass." Consequences of the treatment are that include the solo quartet acting as more of "a foil to the choral tutti" and the use of fugue "as the primary medium of thematic elaboration."
Michael Haydn
Johann Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.-Life:...
completed the Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae, Klafberg I:18, MH 546, on August 5, 1793, probably for use at the ceremony in which Ursula Oswald, the daughter of a friend, professed her religious vows at the Benedictine Abbey of Frauenwörth Chiemsee (as Saint Ursula
Saint Ursula
Saint Ursula is a British Christian saint. Her feast day in the extraordinary form calendar of the Catholic Church is October 21...
was her name day saint). Because of that fact, the Mass is sometimes known as the Chiemsee Mass.
The score calls for a quartet of vocal soloists, mixed choir, 2 bassoon
Bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
s, 2 trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
s in C, timpani
Timpani
Timpani, or kettledrums, are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper. They are played by striking the head with a specialized drum stick called a timpani stick or timpani mallet...
, and strings with an organ to play basso continuo. Additionally, Haydn would have expected three trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
s to double "the lower voices in choral tuttis," a second organ to play continuo during choral tuttis, as described by Leopold Mozart
Leopold Mozart
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was a German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist. Mozart is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule.-Childhood and student years:He was born in Augsburg, son of...
.
- "Kyrie" Un poco Adagio, C majorC majorC major is a musical major scale based on C, with pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature has no flats/sharps.Its relative minor is A minor, and its parallel minor is C minor....
, common timeCommon Time"Common Time" is a science fiction short story written by James Blish. It first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and has been reprinted several times: in the 1959 short-story collection Galactic Cluster; in The Testament of Andros ; in The Penguin Science Fiction... - "Gloria" Allegro, C major, 3/4
- "Credo" Allegro, C major, common time
- —"Et incarnatus est..." Adagio, A minorA minorA minor is a minor scale based on A, consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The harmonic minor scale raises the G to G...
, 3/4 - —"Et resurrexit..." Vivace assai
- —"Et incarnatus est..." Adagio, A minor
- "Sanctus" Adagietto, mehr langsam, C major, 3/4
- —"Pleni sunt coeli..." Allegro
- "Benedictus" Allegro moderato, G majorG majorG major is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Its key signature has one sharp, F; in treble-clef key signatures, the sharp-symbol for F is usually placed on the first line from the top, though in some Baroque music it is placed on the first space from the bottom...
, common time- —"Osanna..." 3/4, C major
- "Agnus Dei" Andante mà Comodo, C major, 3/4
- —"Dona nobis pacem..." Allegro molto
Haydn treated this setting of the mass ordinary "along symphonic lines" rather than "in the manner of the old Cantata Mass." Consequences of the treatment are that include the solo quartet acting as more of "a foil to the choral tutti" and the use of fugue "as the primary medium of thematic elaboration."
Sources
- Heartz, Daniel, 1995. New York. Haydn, Mozart, and the Viennese School: 1740 — 1780 W. W. Norton & Co.
- Sherman, Charles, 1969. Mainz Foreword to Missa pro Defunctis, Universal Edition
- Sherman, Charles, 1980. Madison, Wisconsin Preface to Missa in Honorem Sanctae Ursulae, A-R Editions, Inc.