Mass in C major, K. 262 "Missa longa"
The Missa longa in C major, K. 262/246a, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May 1776.[1] It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violin I and II, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 clarini (high trumpets), 3 trombones colla parte, timpani and basso continuo.
The mass is classed as a missa longa due to its length. However, due to its lack of extended writing for the solo parts, it has also been categorised as a missa brevis.[1] The occasion the mass was composed for remains debatable. It may have been composed at the Archbishop Colloredo's request for a special occasion at the Salzburg Cathedral, or at the directive of a different priest – Colloredo's preference for brief settings makes it unlikely that he would have approved of the missa longa.[2][3] Alternatively, it may have been composed for performance at St Peter's Church.[1][2]
The mass is divided into six movements.
- "Kyrie" Allegro moderato, C major, common time
- "Gloria" Allegro con spiritu, C major, common time
- "Qui tollis peccata mundi..." Andante, G minor, 3/4
- "Quoniam tu solus Sanctus..." Allegro con spiritu, C major, common time
- "Credo" Allegro, C major, 3/4
- "Et incarnatus est..." Adagio, C major, common time
- "Et resurrexit..." Allegro molto, C major, common time
- "Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum..." Allegro, G major, 3/4
- "Et unam sanctam..." Allegro, C major, 3/4
- "Et vitam venturi saeculi..." Allegro, C major, cut common time
- "Sanctus" Andantino, C major, 3/4
- "Benedictus" Andantino, F major, 3/4
- "Agnus Dei" Andante, C major, common time
- "Dona nobis pacem..." Allegro, 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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