Key D minor Form Missa brevis | Catalogue WAB 146 Published 1984 (1984) | |
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Composed 1843 (1843)–1844 (1844): Kronstorf Performed 1 December 1974 (1974-12-01): St. Florian Monastery | ||
Anton 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, which was presumably intended for the Lenten season.
Contents
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. The work is put in Band XXI/41 of the Gesamtausgabe.
Setting
The work is divided into four parts:
- Kyrie - Adagio, D minor
- Sanctus - Adagio, B-flat major
- Benedictus - Andante, D minor
- Agnus Dei - Adagio, F major
Total duration: about 5 minutes.
This Missa brevis, which exhibits relationships to Palestrina's style, survives only in a fragmentary state, without Gloria or Credo. 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.
Alike the contemporaneous Asperges me in F major (WAB 4), the Agnus Dei in F major contains audacious modulations.
Note
The Sanctus is re-used in a slightly modified setting for that of the Messe für den Gründonnerstag.
Discography
There is a single long out-of-print recording of the Mass: