The Missa in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae (

Hob. The Hoboken catalogue is a catalogue of the musical compositions by Joseph Haydn compiled by Anthony van Hoboken. It is intended to cover the composer's entire oeuvre and includes over 750 entries. Its full title in the original German is ''Joseph ...

XXII:4) in E major was written by

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

for performance in Esterhaza in 1770. It was part of Haydn's duties to compose musical masses. It contains smaller organ obliggato, in contrast to the Kleine Organ Mass, or

Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo The ', Hob. XXII:7, Novello 8, is a mass in B-flat major by Joseph Haydn. The (short mass) was written around 1774 for the order of the ( Brothers Hospitallers) in Eisenstadt, whose patron saint was John of God. Scored modestly for soprano, four ...

. It is known as the Gross Orgelsolo Mass in German speaking lands.

Description

The large-scale, virtuoso organ part that Haydn himself performed during the original performance was remarkable. In this work, the organ not only has an attractively figured obligatory part in Benedictus (as in other organ solo fairs of the era), but at least in sections in all other movements with the exception of the Sanctus.

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