Kronstorfer Messe
1844 missa brevis composed by Anton Bruckner
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The Kronstorfer Messe, WAB 146, is a missa brevis composed by Anton Bruckner in 1843-1844.
| Kronstorfer Messe | |
|---|---|
| Mass by Anton Bruckner | |
The young Bruckner | |
| Key | D minor |
| Catalogue | WAB 146 |
| Form | Missa brevis |
| Composed | 1843 – 1844: Kronstorf |
| Performed | 1 December 1974: St. Florian Monastery |
| Published | 1984 |
| Recorded | 1998 |
| Movements | 4 |
| Vocal | SATB choir |
History
Bruckner composed the Kronstorfer Messe, WAB 146, in 1843–1844, while he was a schoolteacher's assistant in Kronstorf. This Choral-Messe in D minor for mixed choir a cappella was presumably intended for the Lenten season.[1]
The work, the manuscript of which was archived in the St. Florian Monastery, was premiered by Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter on 1 December 1974 in the church of the monastery.[2] The work is put in Band XXI/41 of the Gesamtausgabe.[3]
Setting
The work is divided into four parts:
- Kyrie - Adagio, D minor
- Sanctus - Adagio, B-flat major
- Benedictus - Andante, F major
- Agnus Dei - Adagio, F major
Total duration: about 5 minutes.
This Missa brevis, also called Messe ohne Gloria [und Credo], exhibits relationships to Palestrina's style.[4] The mass survives only in a fragmentary state, without Credo.[5] The manuscript, with, on the front page, an autograph indication "Sine Gloria", contains two blank pages with an autograph indication that they were to contain a Credo in F major.[2][1]
Alike the contemporaneous Asperges me in F major (WAB 4), the Agnus Dei in F major contains audacious modulations.[1]
Note
The Sanctus is re-used in a slightly modified setting for that of the next Messe für den Gründonnerstag.[1]
Discography
There are two recordings of the Mass:
- Jussi Kauranen, Pirkanpojat boys' choir, Tampere (Finland), Tuhansin Kielin – CD PPCD 02, edited by the choir, 1998[6]
- Sigvards Klava, Latvian Radio Choir, Bruckner: Latin Motets – CD Ondine OD 1362, 2019