Missa Sanctae Caeciliae
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| Missa Sanctae Caeciliae | |
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| Mass by Jan Dismas Zelenka | |
 The Court Chapel in Dresden, where the mass was first performed | |
| Catalogue | ZWV 1 |
| Text | Mass ordinary |
| Language | Latin |
| Performed | 22 November 1711 |
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Missa Sanctae Caeciliae (Saint Cecilia Mass) in G major, ZWV 1, is a mass for voices and orchestra by Jan Dismas Zelenka. It was completed in 1711 as his first work for the Dresden court.
Missa Sanctae Caeciliae was the first composition Jan Dismas Zelenka presented after he was employed as a musician at the court in Dresden in 1711. He arrived from Prague in 1710 to serve as a double bass player in the court orchestra, and turned to composing sacred music for the court which had converted to the Catholic Church.[1] The mass, named after Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, was first performed at the Catholic Court Chapel on 22 November that year, and repeated there on 12 January 1712, this time in the presence of the Saxon Elector and Polish King, August II.[2][3] Zelenka revised it several times, and used some parts for other purposes.[2]
The mass was first printed in 2014 by Edition Walhall, edited by Martin Kellhuber for the series of sacred music (Reihe geistlicher Musik) of the Hochschule Regensburg.[4]