Mass in C major, K. 66 "Dominicus"


The Missa solemnis in C major, K. 66, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1769. It is scored for SATB soloists and choir, violins I and II, viola, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 clarini, 2 trumpets and basso continuo.
Mozart composed the mass for the ordination of, son of, the Mozarts' landlord and family friend. Cajetan had entered St Peter's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, whilst the Mozarts were on their grand tour. When he became a priest in 1769, he took the name Pater Dominicus and celebrated his first solemn high mass; this gives the work its nickname, Dominicusmesse. Leopold Mozart conducted the première on 15 October to a packed church in Salzburg; it is thought that the success of this performance led to Wolfgang's first Italian tour.
Due to its length, the mass is classified as a missa solemnis. It is divided into six movements.
  1. Kyrie Adagio, C major,
  2. : "Kyrie eleison" Allegro, C major,
  3. Gloria Allegro moderato, C major,
  4. : "Laudamus te" Andante grazioso, F major, ; soprano/alto duet
  5. : "Gratias agimus tibi" Adagio, C major,
  6. : "Propter magnam gloriam tuam" Allegro, C major,
  7. : "Domine Deus" Un poco andante, G major, ; tenor solo
  8. : "Qui tollis peccata mundi" Un poco adagio, G minor,
  9. : "Quoniam tu" Andante ma un poco allegro, F major, ; soprano solo
  10. : "Cum Sancto Spiritu" Alla breve, C major,
  11. Credo Molto allegro, C major,
  12. : "Et incarnatus est" Adagio, F major, ; soloists
  13. : "Crucifixus" Adagio, C minor,
  14. : "Et resurrexit" Molto allegro, C major,
  15. : "Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum" Andante, G major, ; soprano solo
  16. : "Et in unam sanctam" Moderato, C major,
  17. : "Et vitam venturi saeculi" Allegro, C major,
  18. Sanctus Adagio, C major,
  19. : "Pleni sunt coeli et terra" Allegro, C major,
  20. : "Hosanna in excelsis" Moderato, C major,
  21. Benedictus Allegro moderato, G major, ; soloists
  22. : "Hosanna in excelsis" Moderato, C major,
  23. Agnus Dei Allegro moderato, C major,
  24. : "Dona nobis pacem" Allegro, C major,

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