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Contrafacta Choruses Collection, Volume One / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [notated music]

Title

Contrafacta Choruses Collection, Volume One [notated music]

Composer

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

Editor

Tropp, Thomas J, 1974-

Place of Publication/Creation

Lake Forest, IL

Published/Created

2014

Type of Material

notated music

Genre

notated music

Publisher

Tropp Music Editions, LL

Language

German

Media

unmediated

Physical Description

1 score (272 pages)

Carrier

volume

Contents Note

Kantate: Heiliger, sieh gnädig, K. Anh. 124 -- Kantate: Allerbarmer höre, K. Anh. 125 -- Kantate: Herr, Herr, vor deinem Throne, K. Anh. 126 -- Kantate: Ewiger, erbarme dich!, K. Anh. 127.

Summary

Published by Breitkopf & Härtel in the twenty-five years after Mozart’s death, ten derivative -- works based upon Mozart’s music became the standard by which he was judged as a church -- composer well into the second half of the nineteenth century. In fact, of the eighteen pieces listed -- in the “Oratorios, Masses, and other Church Music” section of Breitkopf’s 1847 catalog, twelve -- are derivative pieces, having fitted new text to existing Mozart movements. -- Hailed by early biographers such as Georg Nikolaus von Nissen and Alexander Ulibischeff as -- great masterworks making Mozart’s sacred music available to German choral societies, the -- pieces would later fall out of favor as the authentic works became more widely available. Still, -- their importance in early Mozart performance and reception history cannot be denied, and no -- serious Mozart collection can be complete without them. -- Foreword and critical report are written in English. This is volume one of the three-volume set.

Notes

ISMN with hyphens: 979-0-58017-000-2

Description based on ISMN data provided by the publisher.

Music notation

Staff notation.

Subject

Choruses, Sacred

ISBN

9781937864255

International Standard Music Number (ISMN)

9790580170002

Last Updated: 03-26-2022