Mass in time of war (Missa in tempore belli)
Pauken-Messe
by Franz Joseph Haydn
4-Part - Sheet Music

Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola, cello/contrabass, organ - Grade 3

SKU: CA.4060700

Pauken-Messe. Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Wolfgang Hochstein. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Joseph Haydn, Sacred vocal music. German title: Haydn: Paukenmesse In C Xxii:9. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin. Full score. Composed 1796. Hob. XXII:9. 224 pages. Duration 40 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 40.607/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4060700).

ISBN 9790007073145. Key: C major. Language: Latin.

The Missa in tempore belli by Joseph Haydn is an interesting work in several respecst. Firstly this setting of the Mass provides pointers to the situation of Austrian church music as it had been affected by imperial decrees. Secondly the political situation, with the imminent invasion of Austria by Napoleon's troops, had reached a crisis point which is reflected in the description of this composition as a "Mass in time of war". Last but not least, this work is the first of the group of six settings of the Latin Mass which, together with the oratorios "The Creation" and "The Seasons", form the body of Haydn's last period vocal works, and which unquestionably belong among his supreme creative achievements. This work is now available in carus music, the choir app!