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without a Gloria by

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. The work in was written in 1794 in Salzburg, scored for a four-part choir and organ. It is suitable also for

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History

Michael Haydn composed the mass as a director of music in

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under archbishop

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. According to a recording's notes, the "Missa is perfectly in accord with the then current ideals for reform in the Catholic Church: functional, short, simple, modest and linked to the Gregorian tradition."

Scoring and structure

The autograph is titled: "" (Mass for Lent for four voices, with organ by Giov. Michele Haydn). In the following table of the movements, the markings,

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and

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s are taken from the choral score of the Carus edition, using the symbol for alla breve (2/2).

Publication

The mass was first published around 1820, possibly 1827, in Augsburg by Anton Böhme, titled ''Missa in tempore Adventus et Quadragesimae'' and supplemented by J. Eybler, who added a Gloria and a second Et incarnatus. It appeared in Vienna in 1915, edited by Anton Maria Klafsky, in ''Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich'', volume 45, by the Österreichischer Bundesverlag.

Recordings

The mass was recorded in 2006 by the Ex Tempore choir, conducted by Florian Heyerick, together with other works by the composer. A review notes its "beautiful, concise soberness unlike anything in the Mozart oeuvre or that of anyone else", pointing at the section "Et incarnatus est" which is free in tempo, similar to harmonized

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. The mass was recorded in 2008 by the Purcell Choir, conducted by

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, combined with other lenten music by the composer, titled ''Sacred music for the season of Lent''. A reviewer notes the

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setting and simple rhythm, resulting in a floating meditative sound.

References

Sources

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Johann Michael Haydn: Missa Tempore Quadragesimae

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Missa tempore Quadragesimae : MH 553 (1794) : à 4 voci in pieno, col'organo : per coro SATB, organo e violone / Michael Haydn ; herausgegeben von Charles H. Sherman.
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