Michael Haydn

Michael Haydn

Johann Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.-Life:...

's Missa Hispanica or Missa a due cori, Kletzler I:17, MH 422, was presumably written for Spain

Spain

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, but there is no evidence of its ever having been performed there during Haydn's lifetime. The mass is scored for 2 oboe

Oboe

The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...

s, 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 horns in low C, F and G, 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...

, strings, basso continuo, SATB soloists, and two mixed choirs.

The mass setting is divided into the usual six movements:

1. "Kyrie" Largo, C major
   C major
   C 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 time
   Common Time
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   —"Kyrie eleison" Allegro, 3/4

2. "Gloria" Allegro con spirito, C major, common time

1. —"Qui tollis peccata mundi..." Adagio, F major

   F major

   F major is a musical major scale based on F, consisting of the pitches F, G, A, B, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat . It is by far the oldest key signature with an accidental, predating the others by hundreds of years...

   
   , 3/4

   —"Quoniam tu solus sanctus..." Vivace, C major, common time

1. "Credo" Vivace, C major, 3/4

   —"Et incarnatus est..." Adagio molto, G major, 2/4

   —"Et resurrexit..." Allegro spiritoso, C major, 3/4

1. "Sanctus" Andante con moto, C major, common time

1. "Benedictus" Allegro moderato, C major, 3/4

   —"Osanna..." Allegro, C major, common time

2. "Agnus Dei" Largo, C major, 3/4

   —"Dona nobis pacem..." Allegro con fuoco, C major, common time

The Austrian premiere was in Kremsmünster

Kremsmünster

Kremsmünster is a town in Kirchdorf an der Krems , in Upper Austria, Austria. Its population is 6,450, as of 2001. Settled in 777, it is home to the Kremsmünster Abbey....

 on June 24, 1792, a performance in Salzburg

Salzburg

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followed in 1796. When Empress Marie Therese visited Salzburg in 1805, she liked the music so much she wanted to have her own copy of the score.