The ''Kronstorfer Messe'', WAB 146, is a

missa brevis Missa brevis (plural: Missae breves) is . The term usually refers to a mass composition that is short because part of the text of the Mass ordinary that is usually set to music in a full mass is left out, or because its execution time is relati ...

composed by Anton Bruckner in 1843-1844.

History

Bruckner composed the ''Kronstorfer Messe'', WAB 146, in 1843–1844, while he was a schoolteacher's assistant in

Kronstorf Kronstorf is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders G ...

. This ''Choral-Messe'' in

D minor D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. Its key signature has one flat. Its relative major is F major and its parallel major is D major. The D natural minor scale is: Changes needed for t ...

for mixed choir ''

a cappella ''A cappella'' (, also , ; ) music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Ren ...

'' was presumably intended for the Lenten season.U. Harten, pp. 288-289 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.C. van Zwol, p. 710 The work is put in Band XXI/41 of the .

Setting

The work is divided into four parts: #

Kyrie Kyrie, a transliteration of Greek , vocative case of (''Kyrios''), is a common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called the Kyrie eleison ( ; ). In the Bible The prayer, "Kyrie, eleison," "Lord, have mercy" derives fr ...

- Adagio,

Sanctus The Sanctus ( la, Sanctus, "Holy") is a hymn in Christian liturgy. It may also be called the ''epinikios hymnos'' ( el, ἐπινίκιος ὕμνος, "Hymn of Victory") when referring to the Greek rendition. In Western Christianity, the ...

- Adagio,

B-flat major B-flat major is a major scale based on B, with pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two flats. Its relative minor is G minor and its parallel minor is B-flat minor. The B-flat major scale is: : Many transposing instr ...

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- Andante,

F major F major (or the key of F) is a major scale based on F, with the pitches F, G, A, B, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat. Its relative minor is D minor and its parallel minor is F minor F minor is a minor scale based on F, consis ...

Agnus Dei is the Latin name under which the " Lamb of God" is honoured within the Catholic Mass and other Christian liturgies descending from the Latin liturgical tradition. It is the name given to a specific prayer that occurs in these liturgies, and ...

- Adagio, F major Total duration: about 5 minutes. This

Missa brevis Missa brevis (plural: Missae breves) is . The term usually refers to a mass composition that is short because part of the text of the Mass ordinary that is usually set to music in a full mass is left out, or because its execution time is relati ...

, also called [], exhibits relationships to Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Palestrina's style. The mass survives only in a fragmentary state, without ''Credo''.J. Williamson, p. 43 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 next ''

Messe für den Gründonnerstag The ''Messe für den Gründonnerstag'' (Mass for Maundy Thursday), WAB 9, is a missa brevis composed by Anton Bruckner in 1844. History Bruckner composed the ', a ''Choral-Messe'' in F major ( WAB 9) for mixed choir a cappella, in 1844 while ...

''.

Discography

There are two recordings of the Mass: *Jussi Kauranen, Pirkanpojat boys' choir,

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(Finland), ''Tuhansin Kielin'' – CD PPCD 02, edited by the choir, 1998Tuhansin Kielin (1998) - item 19: Anton Bruckner's ''Messe ohne Gloria und Credo''
/ref> *Sigvards Klava,

Latvian Radio Choir The Latvian Radio Choir (Latvijas Radio koris) is the professional chamber choir of Latvian Radio which was founded in 1940 by the Latvian conductor Teodors Kalnins. Following the musical direction by Edgars Račevskis (1963–1986) and Juris Kļ ...

, ''Bruckner: Latin Motets'' – CD Ondine OD 1362, 2019

References

Sources

* ''Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XXI: Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke'', Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1984/2001 *

Uwe Harten Uwe Harten (born 16 August 1944) is a German musicologist, who works in Austria. Life Born in , Harten grew up in Hamburg, where he was a boy soprano at the Staatsoper. He took over the roles of a child. In Hamburg he also began his studies of ...

, ''Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch''. , Salzburg, 1996. . * James Garrat, ''Palestrina and the German Romantic Imagination'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004. * John Williamson, '' The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004. * Cornelis van Zwol, ''Anton Bruckner – Leven en Werken'', Uit. Thot, Bussum, NL, 2012.

External links

''Messe ohne Gloria und Credo / Kronstorfer Messe, d-mol'' WAB 146
Critical discography by Hans Roelofs *

'' Gesamtausgabe'' – Volume XXI *Live performances of the Kronstorfer Messe: **Erich Nowotny with the church choir of Kronstorf (20 May 1987) on John Berky's website
The "Kronstorf Mass"
** Michael Stenov with the Cantores Carmeli (13 April 2017) on YouTube
Anton Bruckner – Kronstorfer Messe WAB 146, Christus factus est WAB 9 etc.
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