Missa c minor, KV 139 (47a) 'Waisenhaus Mass'
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB voice solos, SATB choir, piano (Soprano Voice Solo, Alto Voice Solo, Tenor Voice Solo, Bass Voice Solo, SATB Choir , 2 Ob, 2 Trp, 2 Trp, 3trombone, timpani, 2 V, 2 Va, Bassi(Vc, double bass, bassoon), Org) - Level 3

SKU: BA.BA04858-90

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Walter Senn. Arranged by Martin Focke. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Barenreiter Urtext. Messen, Klassik (Masses, Classical). Vocal Score. K. 139 (47a). 74 pages. Duration 43 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA04858-90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA04858-90).

ISBN 9790006457540. 27 x 19 cm inches. Key: C minor. Text Language: Latin.

Mozart had barely turned twelve when he composed and conducted his Missa solemnis in C minor, K.139, to inaugurate a new orphanage on Vienna's Rennweg in 1768.

This astonishing early work adheres to the form of a Neapolitan cantata mass, in which the separate movements ("Gloria","Credo"etc.) are themselves made up of self-contained choruses, ariosos and ensembles.

This frequently heard Mass is characterized by a sharp contrast between its cheerful underlying C major mood and gloomy dramatic passages in the minor mode.