The Missa cellensis , Hob. XXII:8, fully Missa cellensis fatta per il Signor Liebe de Kreutzner (Zell Mass made for Sir Liebe of Kreutzner) composed in 1782, is Joseph Haydn 's eighth setting of the Ordinary of the Mass . The title translates ( lit. ' Mass for Zell ' , where "Zell" stands for Mariazell ) and is often identified by the German name Mariazeller Messe . It was commissioned by the officer Anton Liebe von Kreutzner on the occasion of his ennoblement.
5-590: As well as Haydn's other Missa Cellensis in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae Hob. XXII:5, written in 1766 and also known as Cäcilien-Messe ( St. Cecilia Mass), the mass was composed for performance at the Mariazell pilgrimage church in Styria . Compared to Haydn's late masses, the structure of Hob. XXII:8 is rather traditional: fugues at the ends of the Gloria, Credo and Agnus Dei, solo passages in
10-505: A title probably attributed to the mass in the 19th century. Whether the alternative title refers to a performance of the piece by the St. Cecilia's Congregation , a Viennese musician's fraternity, on some St. Cecilia's day (22 November), as has been suggested, remains speculation. It is believed that the original manuscript was lost in the Eisenstadt fire of 1768, and that when Haydn rewrote
15-727: The Gloria and Credo, and a soloistic Benedictus. On the other hand, Haydn included many innovations, such as the slow symphonic introduction at the beginning of the Kyrie, where the setting is built on the low voices of the choir and orchestra. The fugues are very rhythmic and syncopated, the solo passages appear very theatrical. This Mass may therefore be considered a link between Haydn's early and late masses. Scoring: Sections: A typical performance lasts ca. 45 minutes. Missa Cellensis in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae The Missa Cellensis in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae in C major by Joseph Haydn , Hob. XXII:5, Novello 3,
20-455: The piece from memory, he may also have expanded it. It may have originally consisted of only Kyrie and Gloria, with the other parts added later. This Mass was known to Anton Bruckner . The mass is scored for vocal soloists, SATB choir, 2 oboes , 2 bassoons , 2 trumpets in C, timpani , strings and organ , the latter supplying figured bass for most of the duration. The setting is divided into six movements. While Jonathan Green finds
25-585: Was originally written in 1766, after Haydn was promoted to Kapellmeister at Eszterháza following the death of Gregor Joseph Werner . The original title as it appears on the only surviving fragment of Haydn's autograph score, that has been discovered around 1970 in Budapest, clearly assigns the mass to the pilgrimage cult of Mariazell , Styria . Until that discovery, the work was known as Missa Sanctae Caeciliae , or in German Cäcilienmesse ,
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