Mass in C major, K. 66 "Dominicus"

The Missa solemnis in C major, K. 66, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1769.[1] It is scored for SATB soloists and choir, violins I and II, viola, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 clarini (high trumpets), 2 trumpets and basso continuo.

Not to be confused with Mass in C, 'Missa solemnis' (Mozart); Great Mass in C minor; or Missa solemnis in C minor.

Missa solemnis in C major
"Dominicus"
Mass by W. A. Mozart
Interior of St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg
KeyC major
CatalogueK. 66
OccasionOrdination of Cajetan Hagenauer as Pater Dominicus
Composed15 October 1769 (1769-10-15): Salzburg
Movements6
VocalSATB choir and soloists
InstrumentalOrchestra

Mozart composed the mass for the ordination of Cajetan Hagenauer, son of Lorenz Hagenauer, the Mozarts' landlord and family friend. Cajetan had entered St Peter's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, whilst the Mozarts were on their grand tour.[2] When he became a priest in 1769, he took the name Pater Dominicus and celebrated his first solemn high mass; this gives the work its nickname, Dominicusmesse.[3] Leopold Mozart conducted the première on 15 October to a packed church in Salzburg;[4][5] it is thought that the success of this performance led to Wolfgang's first Italian tour.[6]

Due to its length, the mass is classified as a missa solemnis.[7] It is divided into six movements.

  1. Kyrie Adagio, C major,
    "Kyrie eleison" Allegro, C major, 3
    4
  2. Gloria Allegro moderato, C major, 3
    4
    "Laudamus te" Andante grazioso, F major, 2
    4    ; soprano/alto duet
    "Gratias agimus tibi" Adagio, C major,
    "Propter magnam gloriam tuam" Allegro, C major,
    "Domine Deus" Un poco andante, G major, 3
    4    ; tenor solo
    "Qui tollis peccata mundi" Un poco adagio, G minor,
    "Quoniam tu" Andante ma un poco allegro, F major, 3
    4    ; soprano solo
    "Cum Sancto Spiritu" Alla breve, C major,
  3. Credo Molto allegro, C major,
    "Et incarnatus est" Adagio, F major, 3
    4    ; soloists
    "Crucifixus" Adagio, C minor,
    "Et resurrexit" Molto allegro, C major,
    "Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum" Andante, G major, 3
    4    ; soprano solo
    "Et in unam sanctam" Moderato, C major,
    "Et vitam venturi saeculi" Allegro, C major, 3
    4
  4. Sanctus Adagio, C major,
    "Pleni sunt coeli et terra" Allegro, C major, 3
    4
    "Hosanna in excelsis" Moderato, C major,
  5. Benedictus Allegro moderato, G major, ; soloists
    "Hosanna in excelsis" Moderato, C major,
  6. Agnus Dei Allegro moderato, C major,
    "Dona nobis pacem" Allegro, C major, 3
    8

References
  1. Melograni, Piero (2007). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Biography. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-226-51956-2.
  2. Einstein, Alfred (1945). Mozart: His Character, His Work. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-19-500732-9.
  3. Kennedy, Michael; Bourne, Joyce, eds. (2004). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 204.
  4. Deutsch, Otto Erich (1966). Mozart: A Documentary Biography. Stanford University Press. p. 146.
  5. Halliwell, Ruth (1998). The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-19-816371-8.
  6. Keefe, Simon P. (2003). The Cambridge Companion to Mozart. Cambridge Companions to Music. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-521-00192-2.
  7. Sadie, Stanley (2006). Mozart: The Early Years 1756–1781. OUP Oxford. p. 168.
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