Sparrow Mass

The Sparrow Mass in C major, K. 220 ( 196b ), is an exhibition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

It was probably on Easter Sunday, April 7, 1776 in Salzburg Cathedral premiered and is considered a type of " Missa brevis et Solemnis ", that is, it is both a Missa brevis just allocated accordingly, but on the other hand, with trumpets and timpani festive occupied as a Missa solemnis. Mozart gave up a dismemberment of the Ordinariumstextes into individual numbers on completed extensive solo sets, based on closing figures as well as ever on contrapuntal sections.

  • Kyrie
  • Gloria
  • Credo
  • Sanctus
  • Benedictus
  • Agnus Dei

The nickname " Sparrow Mass " owes the fair the catchy violin figures in the Allegro of the Sanctus and Benedictus.

Mass (music) Benedictus (Song of Zechariah) Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
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