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Missa In Honorem Sanctae Ursulae
Michael Haydn completed the Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae, Klafsky-Verzeichnis, Klafsky 1:18, 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.Sherman (1980), p. viii The score calls for a quartet of vocal soloists, mixed choir, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets in C, timpani, and strings with an organ to play basso continuo. Additionally, Haydn would have expected three trombones to double "the lower voices in choral tuttis," a second organ to play continuo during choral tuttis, as described by Leopold Mozart.Sherman (1980), p. ix # "Kyrie" Un poco Adagio, C major, common time # "Gloria" Allegro, C major, 3/4 # "Credo" Allegro, C major, common time #:—"Et incarnatus est..." Adagio, A minor, 3/4 #:—"Et resurrexit..." Vivace assai # "San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Haydn
Johann Michael Haydn (; 14 September 173710 August 1806) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Life Michael Haydn was born in 1737 in the Austrian village of Rohrau, near the Hungarian border. His father was Mathias Haydn, a wheelwright who also served as "Marktrichter", an office akin to village mayor. Haydn's mother Maria, Koller, had previously worked as a cook in the palace of Count Harrach, the presiding aristocrat of Rohrau. Mathias was an enthusiastic folk musician, who during the journeyman period of his career had taught himself to play the harp, and he also made sure that his children learned to sing. Michael went to Vienna at the age of eight, his early professional career path being paved by his older brother Joseph, whose skillful singing had landed him a position as a boy soprano in the St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna choir under the direction of Georg Reutter, as were Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
