Great Mass in C minor, KV 427 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

The listing of movements for the Great Mass in C minor follows the performing edition prepared by Philip Legge.

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Great Mass in C minor

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• (Posted 2003-12-03)  CPDL #06158:      (Sibelius 3)

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2003-12-03).   Score information: A4, 121 pages, 1.32 MB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Large files (PDF is over 1.3 megabytes, Sibelius file is 215 KB). 14 revised or new PDFs posted 8 April 2006, which now includes one of the Appendices. Music

Individual movements

[1] Kyrie

• (Posted 2002-03-12)  CPDL #03349:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2002-03-12).   Score information: A4, 14 pages, 163 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Soprano solo and SATB chorus

Gloria (7 individual movements)
[2] Gloria in excelsis Deo

• (Posted 2002-03-28)  CPDL #03432:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2002-03-28).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 135 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: SATB chorus

[3] Laudamus te

• (Posted 2003-05-05)  CPDL #04948:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2003-05-05).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 153 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Soprano solo

[4] Gratias

• (Posted 2003-05-05)  CPDL #04949:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2003-05-05).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: SSATB chorus

[5] Domine Deus

• (Posted 2003-05-05)  CPDL #04950:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2003-05-05).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 121 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Duet for two soprano soloists

[6] Qui tollis

• (Posted 2003-05-05)  CPDL #04951:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2003-05-05).   Score information: A4, 18 pages, 194 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: SATB–SATB double chorus

[7] Quoniam

• (Posted 2003-05-05)  CPDL #04952:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2003-05-05).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 168 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Trio for SST soloists

[8] Jesu Christe — Cum sancto spiritu

• (Posted 2003-05-05)  CPDL #04953:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2003-05-05).   Score information: A4, 13 pages, 199 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: SATB chorus

Credo (4 individual movements, completed from Missa longa, KV 262 (246^a)) [9] Credo in unum Deum

• (Posted 2006-04-08)  CPDL #11409:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-04-08).   Score information: A4, 13 pages, 180 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: SSATB chorus; piano reduction is a first draft.

[10] Et incarnatus est

• (Posted 2006-04-08)  CPDL #11410:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-04-08).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 99 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Soprano solo; piano reduction is a first draft.

[A1] Crucifixus — Et resurrexit [A2] Et in Spiritum — Et vitam venturi

• (Posted 2006-04-08)  CPDL #11412:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-04-08).   Score information: A4, 17 pages, 396 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: SATB chorus, with some division into double chorus; revised 31 March 2009.

Sanctus & Benedictus

[11] Sanctus — Osanna

• (Posted 2003-05-05)  CPDL #04954:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2003-05-05).   Score information: A4, 13 pages, 184 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: SATB–SATB double chorus; piano reduction is a first draft.

[12] Benedictus — Osanna

• (Posted 2003-05-05)  CPDL #11411:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2003-05-05).   Score information: A4, 14 pages, 202 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Quartet for SSTB soloists, and SATB–SATB double chorus; piano reduction is a first draft.

Agnus Dei (2 movements from Missa aulica, KV 337) [B1] Agnus Dei [B2] Dona nobis pacem

• (Posted 2009-04-04)  CPDL #19156:   

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2009-04-04).   Score information: A4, 105 pages, 2.33 MB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: First draft of finished complete score. Some alignment problems (e.g. in Qui tollis) prevent me replacing all of the existing files for individual movements immediately.

General Information

Title: Great Mass in C minor, KV 427 (417^a)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SATB.SATB
with SSTB solos Genre: Sacred, Mass

Language: Latin
Instruments: Orchestra  : flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, 2 violins, 2 violas, violoncello, bass and organ continuo

First published: 1882 Alte Mozart Ausgabe, ed. Philipp Spitta
Description: Composed 1782–83 in Vienna and Salzburg, first performed St Peter's Salzburg, 1783. The Credo breaks off at "et homo factus est"; Sanctus & Benedictus exist as incomplete performance material and Agnus is missing.

External websites:

• Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.

• View the Wikipedia article on Great Mass in C minor, KV 427 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart).

• Great Mass in C minor, KV 427 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

Original text and translations

For information, refer to the Mass page. For texts and translations, see the individual pages:

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