Talk:Mozart's Twelfth Mass, K. Anh. 232

Latest comment: 9 years ago by Double sharp in topic Amazingly high bass
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Additional Sources edit

After doing a quick internet search on "Twelth Mass" I've found some archived newspaper articles from Australia and New Zealand that testify to the popularity of this work in the 19th Century.

  • "Christmas Day in Dunedin". The New Zealand Tablet. 30 December 1892. (Author did not believe it to be by Mozart.)
  • "Letter to the Editor: The Music of the Catholic Church". The New Zealand Tablet. 1 January 1892.
  • "Music". The Australiasian. 16 January 1892. (Discusses the authenticity issue in relation to the Mozart Centennary.)
  • "News and Notes". The West Australian. 22 March 1893. (Announces rehersals for the premier performance of the Twelth Mass in Perth, Western Australia.)
  • "Old Programmes: Cathedral Opening". The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton). 4 April 1935. (Describes the opening of the St Josephs Cathedral in Rockhampton, 13 October 1899, describes the Twelth Mass as "difficult".)

This link goes to the NLA newspaper search I performed.

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Graham1973 (talk) 00:39, 5 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

See also
--Francis Schonken (talk) 08:34, 5 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Pajot a RS? edit

Don't think a page from a derelict forum counts as a WP:RS [2]. Other views? --Francis Schonken (talk) 05:34, 9 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Amazingly high bass edit

In the Kyrie the bass goes up to an amazing G4! There must be a story behind this very risky note. Did the composer have access to amazingly high choral basses? Double sharp (talk) 14:28, 30 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Did you notice that in the score or in the YouTube video? Unfortunatly when the attribution of a composition is changed from that of a well known composer to a less well known composer, research, like performances falls off, so I've no idea what the current scolarship on this composition is.Graham1973 (talk) 16:15, 30 December 2014 (UTC)Reply
I noticed this in the vocal score on IMSLP. Double sharp (talk) 04:16, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply