Mass in F major, K. 192 explained

Missa brevis in F major
Type:	Mass by W. A. Mozart
Key:	F major
Catalogue:	K. 192/186f
Movements:	6
Vocal:	choir and soloists
Instrumental:	orchestra and organ

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Missa brevis in F major, K. 192 (186f), was completed in Salzburg, on 24 June 1774. It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, 2 trumpets (which Mozart added later), 3 trombones, 2 violins, organ. AMA I/1 No. 6, NMA I:1/1/ii

The Credo of this mass features the "Do-Re-Fa-Mi" motif from the hymn Lucis creator,^[1] which Mozart later used as the main theme to the final of his Jupiter Symphony.^[2] Due to its repetition of this theme, it is classed as a Credo Mass;^[3] it is often known as the Kleine (small) Credo Mass to distinguish it from the Great Credo Mass, K. 257.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Sisman, Elaine, Mozart: The 'Jupiter' Symphony, p. 35, Cambridge University Press (1993).
2. Heartz, Daniel, Mozart, Haydn and Early Beethoven 1781-1802, p. 212-215, Norton (2009),
3. Book: Stauffer, George B.. Bach - The Mass in B Minor: The Great Catholic Mass. 2003. 103. Yale University Press . 0300099665.
4. Book: Shrock, Dennis. Choral Repertoire. 2009. 380. Oxford University Press . 9780199886876.