Music #188 - Mozart Coronation Mass

Mass No.15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C
- aka "Coronation Mass", K.317

It is one of the most popular of Mozart's 17 extant settings of the Ordinarium (Ordinary of the Mass).

Karajan conducting

Totaling about 57 minutes 

This setting is a short mass (Missa brevis) --- as opposed to Solemn Masses or High Masses (Missae solemnes).

Ordinarium is different to proprium.  But either one  has a constant motet.

The first movement Kyrie is in Greek, whilst others in Latin. 
In any one mass, some movements are sung, and the others read. 

Movements:
1) Kyrie 
2) Gloria
3) Credo 
4) Sanctus-Benedictus
5) Agnus Dei

The whole composition is both
- sad, especially the Crucifixion of the Jesus section in Credo
- pacifying, especially the last section of Agnus Dei: "Dona Nobis Pacem" / Grant Us Peace.

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Additional notes:
1) "Kýrie, eléison" (Greek for "Lord, have mercy") have seven syllables (Ký-ri-e, e-lé-i-son).
2) "Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis or simply Gloria.
3) A "credo" (Latin for "I Believe") is a statement of belief.
4) The Sanctus (Latin for "Holy") is a hymn from Christian liturgy, forming part of the Order of Mass. The first part of the Sanctus is adapted from Isaiah 6:3; whereas the text of the second part, beginning with the word Benedictus (Latin for "Blessed"), is taken from Matthew 21:9.
5) Agnus Dei (Latin for "Lamb of God") appears in the Gospel of John, with the exclamation of John the Baptist: "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" in John 1:29 when he sees Jesus.

Source: Wikipedia