Missa B flat major Hob.XXII:14 'Harmony Mass'
by Franz Joseph Haydn
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB voice solos, SATB choir, piano (Soprano Voice Solo, Alto Voice Solo, Tenor Voice Solo, Bass Voice Solo, SATB Choir, Fl, 2 Oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 Horns, 2 Trumpets, timpani, Strings, Continuo) - Difficulty: medium-difficult

SKU: BA.BA04659-90

Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Friedrich Lippmann and Heinz Moehn. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Classical Period and Sacred. Vocal score. With choral notation, piano reduction and introductory text. Hob. XXII:14. 171 pages. Duration 55m. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA04659-90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA04659-90).

ISBN 9790006452415. 7.5x10.5 inches. Key: Bb major. Text Language: Latin.

It is well known that Joseph Haydn wrote his late masses to the commission of his last employer, Prince Nicolaus II Esterhazy. The"Harmoniemesse"is the last of these high masses all of which probably received their first performances in celebration of the name-day of Princess Maria Josepha Hermenegild, the prince's wife. The present work was given for the first time on 8 September 1802 in the Bergkirche at Eisenstadt, Haydn himself conducting.

Haydn entitled his work simply"Missa". The work has acquired the name"Harmoniemesse"by reason of the prominent parts given to the wind instruments ("Harmonie"being a contemporary name for a wind band); the nickname did not become established until the late nineteenth century.