Mass in C major, K. 257 "Credo"
The Credo Mass in C major, K. 257, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, probably in 1776.[1] It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violin I and II, 2 oboes, 2 clarini (high trumpets), 3 trombones colla parte and basso continuo.
The Credo Mass has been classified as either a missa solemnis,[2] a missa brevis or a missa brevis et solemnis[1] – its performance time of approximately 25 minutes makes it difficult to categorise in a definitive manner. Its name derives from the long setting of the Credo, in which the word "Credo" is repeatedly sung in a two-note motif.[3] It thus joins a tradition of so-called "Credo Masses", including Mozart's own Kleine Credo Messe (K. 192) and Beethoven's later Missa solemnis.[4] The first performance was in Salzburg in November 1776. This is one of three masses Mozart composed in November and December 1776, all set in C major, including the Piccolominimesse (K. 258) and the Organ Solo Mass (K. 259).[5]
The work consists of six movements.
- "Kyrie" Andante maestoso, C major, 3/4
- "Kyrie eleison..." Allegro, C major, common time
- "Gloria" Allegro assai, C major, common time
- "Credo" Molto allegro, C major, 3/4
- "Et incarnatus est..." Andante, C major, 6/8
- "[Credo, credo...] Et resurrexit..." Molto allegro, C major, 3/4
- "Sanctus" Allegretto, C major, common time
- "Hosanna in excelsis..." Molto allegro, C major, common time
- "Benedictus" Allegro, F major, common time
- "Hosanna in excelsis..." Molto allegro, C major, common time
- "Agnus Dei" Andante maestoso, C major, 3/4
- "Dona nobis pacem..." Allegro vivace, C major, common time
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- G major, K. 49/47d
- Waisenhausmesse C minor, K. 139/47a
- D minor, K. 65/61a
- Dominicusmesse C major, K. 66
- Pastoral Mass G major, K. 140/235d/Anh. C1.12
- Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis C major, K. 167
- Kleine Credo Messe F major, K. 192/186f
- D major, K. 194/186h
- Sparrow Mass C major, K. 220/196b
- Missa longa C major, K. 262/246a
- Credo Mass C major, K. 257
- Piccolomini Mass or Spaur Mass C major, K. 258
- Orgelsolomesse C major, K. 259
- B-flat major, K. 275/272b
- Coronation Mass C major, K. 317
- Missa Solemnis C major, K. 337
- Great Mass C minor, K. 427/417a
- Requiem, K. 626
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- Acis und Galatea, K. 566
- Der Messias, K. 572
- Das Alexander-Fest, K. 591
- Ode auf St. Caecilia, K. 592
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