List of masses by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart explained

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) composed several masses and separate mass movements (such as Kyrie).^[1] Mozart composed most of his masses as a church musician in Salzburg:

• Masses for regular Sundays or smaller feasts belonged to the Latin: [[missa brevis]] type. In the context of Mozart's masses brevis (short) applies primarily to the duration, i.e. the whole mass ceremony took no longer than three quarters of an hour. Instrumentation for such a Latin: missa brevis would usually be limited to violins, continuo (which included the organ), and trombones doubling the choral parts of alto, tenor and bass.
• The generic name for longer masses was Latin: missa longa, for more solemn and festive occasions. Additional instruments include oboes, trumpets, timpani, and for some of them also French horns. Instead of treating each part of the mass liturgy in a continuous rendition of the text, there are repeats, fugues, and subdivisions in several movements with separate orchestral introductions.
• Latin: Missa longa is usually synonymous with Latin: missa solemnis (solemn mass), however in Mozart's Salzburg (due to duration restrictions imposed by archbishop Colloredo), a hybrid Latin: brevis et solemnis (short and solemn) seems to have existed, short in duration, but nonetheless for the more festive occasions, for example including a more elaborate orchestration than the usual Latin: missa brevis.

After moving to Vienna Mozart started to compose the Great Mass in C minor, with a broad orchestration including violas and 12 wind instruments. In 1791, he started writing a Requiem mass, which was unfinished when he died and was first completed by his pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr.

Most nicknames of the masses were later additions. The attribution to Mozart has been disputed for several masses, most of these spurious works first published by Vincent Novello from 1819.

Masses and separate parts of the Mass Ordinary

Bärenreiter NMA	Breitkopf & Härtel AMA	Novello's edition	Missa brevis No.^[2]	Year of composition	Köchel catalogue	Type	Key	Alternative name(s)	Place of composition and notes
data-sort-value="1101"	Vol. 1/1 No. 1^[3]	NMA I/1/Abt. 1/1: Masses vol. 1, Kritischer bericht (1977) p. a/1	data-sort-value="01-01"	Serie I No. 1^[4]	data-sort-value="o"	–	1	1768	data-sort-value="49"	K. 49 (47d)	brevis	G major		Vienna
data-sort-value="1102"	Vol. 1/1 No. 2	data-sort-value="01-04"	Serie I No. 4^[5]	data-sort-value="o"	–		1768	data-sort-value="139"	K. 139 (47a)	solemnis (longa)	C minor	German: [[Waisenhausmesse]] Orphanage Mass	Vienna
data-sort-value="1103"	Vol. 1/1 No. 3	data-sort-value="01-02"	Serie I No. 2^[6]	data-sort-value="o"	–	2	1769	data-sort-value="65"	K. 65 (61a)	brevis	D minor		Salzburg
data-sort-value="1104"	Vol. 1/1 No. 4	data-sort-value="01-03"	Serie I No. 3^[7]	data-sort-value="o"	–		1769	data-sort-value="66"	K. 66	solemnis (longa)	C major	Latin: (Pater) [[Dominicusmesse|Dominicus]] (Father) Dominicus	Salzburg
data-sort-value="1105"	Vol. 1/1 No. 5	data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="o"	–	6	1773	data-sort-value="140"	K. 140 (235d, Anh. C1.12)	brevis	G major	German: [[Pastoralmesse]] Pastoral Mass^[8]	attribution uncertain
data-sort-value="1206"	Vol. 1/2 No. 6^[9]	data-sort-value="01-05"	Serie I No. 5^[10]	data-sort-value="o"	–		1773	data-sort-value="167"	K. 167	solemnis (longa)	C major	Latin: [[Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis]] Mass in honour of the Most Holy Trinity German: Trinitatismesse	Salzburg
data-sort-value="1207"	Vol. 1/2 No. 7	data-sort-value="01-06"	Serie I No. 6^[11]	data-sort-value="03"	No. 3^[12]	3	1774	data-sort-value="192"	K. 192 (186f)	brevis	F major	Latin: [[Kleine Credo Messe]] Little Credo Mass	Salzburg
data-sort-value="1208"	Vol. 1/2 No. 8	data-sort-value="01-07"	Serie I No. 7^[13]	data-sort-value="06"	No. 6^[14]	4	1774	data-sort-value="194"	K. 194 (186h)	brevis	D major		Salzburg
data-sort-value="1209"	Vol. 1/2 No. 9	data-sort-value="01-08"	Serie I No. 8^[15]	data-sort-value="05"	No. 5^[16]	5	1775 - 1776	data-sort-value="220"	K. 220 (196b)	brevis et solemnis	C major	Latin: [[Spatzenmesse]] Sparrow Mass	Salzburg
data-sort-value="1210"	Vol. 1/2 No. 10	data-sort-value="01-12"	Serie I No. 12^[17]	data-sort-value="o"	–		1776	data-sort-value="262"	K. 262 (246a)	longa	C major	Latin: [[Missa longa in C major|Longa]]	Salzburg
data-sort-value="1311"	Vol. 1/3 No. 11^[18]	data-sort-value="01-09"	Serie I No. 9^[19]	data-sort-value="02"	No. 2^[20]		1776	data-sort-value="257"	K. 257	brevis and/or solemnis, longa	C major	Credo Latin: Große Credo-Messe Great Credo Mass	Salzburg
data-sort-value="1312"	Vol. 1/3 No. 12	data-sort-value="01-10"	Serie I No. 10^[21]	data-sort-value="04"	No. 4^[22]	7	1775	data-sort-value="258"	K. 258	brevis (et solemnis)	C major	Piccolomini or Spaur Mass (Both nicknames are misleading.)^[23]	Salzburg
data-sort-value="1313"	Vol. 1/3 No. 13	data-sort-value="01-11"	Serie I No. 11^[24]	data-sort-value="11"	No. 11^[25]	8	1775 or 1776	data-sort-value="259"	K. 259	brevis (et solemnis)	C major	German: [[Orgelsolomesse|Orgelsolo]] Organ solo	Salzburg
data-sort-value="1414"	Vol. 1/4 No. 14^[26]	data-sort-value="01-13"	Serie I No. 13^[27]	data-sort-value="10"	No. 10^[28]	9	1777	data-sort-value="275"	K. 275 (272b)	brevis	B-flat major		Salzburg
data-sort-value="1415"	Vol. 1/4 No. 15	data-sort-value="01-14"	Serie I No. 14^[29]	data-sort-value="01"	No. 1^[30]		1779	data-sort-value="317"	K. 317	brevis (or longa)	C major	German: [[Krönungsmesse]] Coronation Mass	Salzburg "shortest longa"
data-sort-value="1416"	Vol. 1/4 No. 16	data-sort-value="01-15"	Serie I No. 15^[31]	data-sort-value="14"	No. 14^[32]		1780	data-sort-value="337"	K. 337	solemnis (and/or brevis)	C major	Latin: [[Missa solemnis (Mozart)|Missa solemnis]] or Hofmesse or Missa aulica^[33] i.e. court mass	Salzburg
data-sort-value="1500"	Vol. 1/5^[34]	data-sort-value="24-29"	Serie XXIV No. 29^[35]	data-sort-value="o"	–		1782 - 1783	data-sort-value="427"	K. 427 (417a)	solemnis	C minor	German: [[Große Messe]] Great Mass	Vienna and Salzburg incomplete
data-sort-value="1601"	Vol. 1/6 No. 1^[36]	data-sort-value="03-01"	Serie III No. 1			1766	data-sort-value="033"	K. 33	Kyrie	F major		Paris
data-sort-value="1602"	Vol. 1/6 No. 2^[37]	data-sort-value="03-01"	Serie III No. 2			1772	data-sort-value="089"	K. 89 (73k)	Kyrie	G major		contrapuntal study
data-sort-value="1603"	Vol. 1/6 No. 3	data-sort-value="o"	–			1772	data-sort-value="090"	K. 90	Kyrie	D minor		contrapuntal study
data-sort-value="1604"	Vol. 1/6 No. 4^[38]	data-sort-value="o"	–			1772	data-sort-value="223"	K. 223 (166e)	Hosanna	G major		contrapuntal study
data-sort-value="1607"	Vol. 1/6 No. 7^[39]	data-sort-value="03-03"	Serie III No. 3				data-sort-value="322"	K. 322 (296a/b/Anh. 12)	Kyrie	E-flat major		fragment, completed by Maximilian Stadler
data-sort-value="1609"	Vol. 1/6 No. 9^[40]	data-sort-value="03-04"	Serie III No. 4				data-sort-value="323"	K. 323 (Anh. 13)	Kyrie	C major		fragment, completed by Maximilian Stadler
data-sort-value="1613"	Vol. 1/6 No. 13^[41]	data-sort-value="03-05"	Serie III No. 5			1780–1781? 1788?	data-sort-value="341"	K. 341 (368a)	Kyrie	D minor		Munich or Vienna? large orchestra
data-sort-value="2100"	Vol. 2/1^[42]	data-sort-value="24-01"	Serie XXIV No. 1^[43]	data-sort-value="15"	No. 15^[44]		1791	data-sort-value="626"	K. 626	Requiem	D minor		Vienna most often published with the completions by Süssmayr
	data-sort-value="24-33"	Serie XXIV No. 33	data-sort-value="o"	–		1771 (?)	data-sort-value="116"	K. 116 (90a)	brevis	F major		only the Kyrie is complete^[45] reattributed to Leopold Mozart
	data-sort-value="24-28"	Serie XXIV No.28	data-sort-value="o"	–		1771 (?)	data-sort-value="115"	K. 115 (166d)	brevis	C major		incomplete^[46] reattributed to Leopold Mozart^[47]
data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="12"	No. 12^[48]		data-sort-value="1800"	around 1800?	data-sort-value="2320"	K. Anh. 232 (Anh. C1.04)		G major	Twelfth Mass^[49]	attributed to Pichl in one source, Wenzel Müller in others^[50]
data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="07"	No. 7^[51]			data-sort-value="2330"	K. Anh. 233		B-flat major		attributed to Süssmayr by Mozart's widow
data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="08"	No. 8^[52]			data-sort-value="2340"	K. Anh. 234 (Anh. C1.08)		C major		attributed to Franz Gleißner
data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="09"	No. 9^[53]			data-sort-value="2350"	K. Anh. 235 (Anh. C1.09)		G major		attributed to Franz Gleißner
data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="13"	No. 13^[54]			data-sort-value="1860"	K. Anh. 186		E-flat major		spurious
data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="16"	No. 16			data-sort-value="1861"	K. Anh. 186		E-flat major		spurious
data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="17"	No. 17			data-sort-value="1850"	K. Anh. 185		C major		spurious
data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="o"	–	data-sort-value="18"	No. 18^[55]			data-sort-value="2370"	K. Anh. 237	Requiem brevis	D major	short Requiem	not by Mozart

Sources

• Mozart's Masses with an Accompaniment for the Organ, arranged from the full score by Vincent Novello. London: Gallaway, 1819–1824
• The Three Favorite Masses, Composed by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, in Vocal Score, with an Accompaniment for the Organ or Pianoforte, by Vincent Novello. London: Novello, 1850.
• Ludwig Ritter von Köchel. Chronologisch-Thematisches Verzeichniss sämmtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amade Mozarts. Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, 1862.

External links

• Köchel's Catalog of Mozart's Works
• Neue Mozart-Ausgabe website
• New Mozart Edition on-line (Masses are in "Serie I: Geistliche Gesangswerke")

Notes and References

1. [Cliff Eisen]
2. David Humphreys. "Sacred Music" in The Mozart Compendium: A Guide to Mozart's Life and Music, H. C. Robbins Landon (ed.). New York: Schirmer; London: Thames and Hudson. 1990. pp. 312–314.
3. Walter Senn,
4. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/1: Masses vol. 1, Kritischer Bericht (1977) p. a/5
5. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/1: Masses vol. 1, Kritischer Bericht (1977) p. a/13
6. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/1: Masses vol. 1, Kritischer Bericht (1977) p. a/58
7. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/1: Masses vol. 1, Kritischer Bericht (1977) p. a/69
8. http://www.vdkc.de/cms/index.php/service/konzertkalender/details/312-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-pastoralmesse-kv-140-ua-f-mendelssohn-bartholdy VDKC concert calendar
9. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/2: Masses vol. 2, Kritischer Bericht (1978) p. b/1
10. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/2: Masses vol. 2, Kritischer Bericht (1978) p. b/5
11. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/2: Masses vol. 2, Kritischer Bericht (1978) p. b/18
12. Köchel 1862, pp. 177–179
13. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/2: Masses vol. 2, Kritischer Bericht (1978) p. b/30
14. Köchel 1862, pp. 180–181
15. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/2: Masses vol. 2, Kritischer Bericht (1978) p. b/38
16. Köchel 1862, pp. 204–205
17. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/2: Masses vol. 2, Kritischer Bericht (1978) p. b/53
18. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/3: Masses vol. 3, Kritischer Bericht (1981) p. c/1
19. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/3: Masses vol. 3, Kritischer Bericht (1981) p. c/5
20. Köchel 1862, pp. 225–226
21. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/3: Masses vol. 3, Kritischer Bericht (1981) p. c/26
22. Köchel 1862, pp. 226–227
23. http://www.musikland-tirol.at/downloads/pressemedieninfo.pdf Hildegard Herrmann-Schneider: "Rätsel der internationalen Mozart-Forschung gelöst"
24. Walter Senn, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/3: Masses vol. 3, Kritischer Bericht (1981) p. c/44
25. Köchel 1862, pp. 228–229
26. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/4: Masses vol. 4, Kritischer Bericht (1999) p. d/1
27. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/4: Masses vol. 4, Kritischer Bericht (1999) p. d/5
28. Köchel 1862, pp. 237–238
29. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/4: Masses vol. 4, Kritischer Bericht (1999) p. d/25
30. Köchel 1862, pp. 263–264
31. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/4: Masses vol. 4, Kritischer Bericht (1999) p. d/45
32. Köchel 1862, pp. 276–277
33. David Ian Black. Mozart and the Practice of Sacred Music, 1781-91 (Ph. D. thesis). Harvard University, 2007. p. 239
34. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/5: Masses vol. 5, Kritischer Bericht (1992) p. e/1
35. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/5: Masses vol. 5, Kritischer Bericht (1992) p. e/5
36. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/6: Masses vol. 6, Kritischer Bericht (2000) p. f/5
37. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/6: Masses vol. 6, Kritischer Bericht (2000) p. f/8
38. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/6: Masses vol. 6, Kritischer Bericht (2000) p. f/10
39. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/6: Masses vol. 6, Kritischer Bericht (2000) p. f/17
40. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/6: Masses vol. 6, Kritischer Bericht (2000) p. f/23
41. Monika Holl, NMA I/1/Abt. 1/6: Masses vol. 6, Kritischer Bericht (2000) p. f/32
42. [Dietrich Berke]
43. Dietrich Berke, Walburga Litschauer and Christoph Wolff, NMA I/1/Abt. 2/1: Requiem, Kritischer Bericht (2007) p. 15
44. Köchel 1862,
45. Köchel 1862, p. 118
46. Köchel 1862, pp. 117–118
47. Willi Schulze (ed.) Missa brevis C-Dur, KV 115, für Chor SATB und Orgel. Stuttgart: Carus, 1983. http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/271244
48. Köchel 1862, p. 521
49. [Mark Everist]
50. [George Grove]
51. Köchel 1862, p. 522
52. Köchel 1862, p. 522
53. Köchel 1862, p. 522
54. Köchel 1862, p. 516
55. Köchel 1862, p. 522