Schöpfungsmesse

The Mass No. 13 in B-flat major, Hob. XXII/13, was composed by Joseph Haydn in 1801.^[1] It is known as the Schöpfungsmesse or Creation Mass because of the words "qui tollis peccata mundi" in the Gloria. He recycled music from Adam and Eve's final duet in The Creation,^[2] a fact which scandalized Empress Maria Theresa so much that she ordered Haydn to recompose that passage for her own copy.^[3]

The recurrent motif in measure 51 of the Gloria is identical to the solo soprano/tenor motif in measure 13 of "Der Herr ist Groß" from Haydn's "Die Schöpfung".

The work was first performed on 13 September 1801.^[4] It consists of six movements:

1. Kyrie, Adagio, B-flat major, 3/4

   Kyrie, Allegro moderato, B-flat major, 6/8

2. Gloria, Allegro, B-flat major, alla breve

   Qui tollis, Adagio, E-flat major, 3/4

   Quoniam tu solus sanctus, Molto vivace, B-flat major, common time

   In gloria Dei Patris, Presto, B-flat major, common time

3. Credo, Vivace, B-flat major, common time

   Et incarnatus est, Adagio, G major, 3/4

   Et resurrexit, Allegro, B-flat major, common time

   Et vitam venturi, Più Allegro, B-flat major, common time

4. Sanctus, Adagio, B-flat major, common time

   Pleni sunt coeli, Allegro, B-flat major, common time

5. Benedictus, Allegretto, E-flat major, 6/8
6. Agnus Dei, Adagio, G major, 3/4

   Dona nobis pacem, Allegro moderato, B-flat major, alla breve

The autograph manuscript of the mass is preserved in the Bavarian State Library.