Mass edit

The two sopranos are, according to a later tradition, designated I and II, and share the three soprano solos between themselves. Soprano I is customarily assigned 'Christe eleison' and 'Et incarnatus est', and soprano II 'Laudamus te'.

Key
White Completed
Pink Not composed
Yellow Orchestration not finished
Blue Lost instrumental parts
Movement Bars Incipit Bars Tempo Soloists Chorus Key Meter Note
1
94
Kyrie eleison
32
Andante moderato
-
SATB
C minor
Christe eleison
38
S
E major
Soprano I solo
Kyrie eleison
24
-
C minor
2
743
Gloria in excelsis Deo
60
Allegro vivace
-
SATB
C major
Laudamus te
143
Allegro aperto
S
-
F major
Soprano II solo
Gratias agimus tibi
12
Adagio
-
SSATB
A minor
5-part chorus
Domine Deus
99
Allegro moderato
SS
-
D minor
3
4
Duet
Qui tollis peccata mundi
56
Largo
-
SATB/SATB
G minor
Double chorus
Quoniam tu solus sanctus
171
Allegro
SST
-
E minor
Trio
Jesu Christe
6
Adagio
-
SATB
C major
Cum Sancto Spiritu
196
Allegro Fugue
3
235
Credo in unum Deum
116
Allegro maestoso
-
SSATB
C major
3
4
5-part chorus
Et incarnatus est
119
Andante
S
-
F major
6
8
Soprano I solo
Crucifixus etiam pro nobis
Et resurrexit tertia die
Et in Spiritum Sanctum
Et in unam Sanctam
Et vitam venturi saeculi
Unfinished
4
61
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
17
Largo
-
SATB/SATB
C major
Double chorus
Osanna in excelsis
44
Andante Double chorus
5
Benedictus
121
Benedictus qui venit
106
Allegro commodo
SSTB
-
C major
Quartet
Osanna in excelsis
15
-
SATB/SATB
Double chorus
6
Agnus Dei Agnus Dei
Dona nobis pacem
Unfinished

Instrumentation edit

Instrumentalists Singers
Strings: Violins I & II Soloists: Soprano
Violas Alto
Cellos Tenor
Basses Bass
Woodwinds: 2 Flutes Chorus: 4-part mixed (SATB)
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets (in A, C, and B)
2 Bassoons
1 Contrabassoon
Brass: 4 Horns (in D, E, B basso, E, and G)
2 Trumpets
3 Trombones (alto, tenor, & bass)
Percussion: Timpani
Other: Organ


Vocal Instrumental
Soloists: Soprano I Strings: Violins I & II
Soprano II Violas
Tenor Cellos
Bass Basses
Chorus: Mixed (SATB) Woodwinds: 1 Flute
2 Oboes
2 Bassoons
1 Contrabassoon
Brass: 2 Horns
2 Trumpets
3 Trombones (alto, tenor, & bass)
Percussion: Timpani
Other: Organ
Date Editor Publisher Type
1901 Alois Schmitt Breitkopf & Härtel Completion
1956 H. C. Robbins Landon Eulenburg Reconstruction & orchestration
1985 Helmut Eder Bärenreiter Reconstruction & orchestration
1989 Franz Beyer Amadeus/Edition Peters Reconstruction & orchestration
1990 Richard Maunder Oxford University Press/Carus Verlag Reconstruction & orchestration
2004 Philip Wilby Novello Completion
2005 Robert Levin Carus-Verlag Completion
2018 Clemens Kemme Breitkopf & Härtel Reconstruction & orchestration
2019 Ulrich Leisinger Bärenreiter

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Scoring edit

Vocalists edit

Soloists Choir
Soprano I Mixed (4-, 5-, & 8-part)
Soprano II
Tenor
Bass

Instrumentalists edit

Strings Woodwinds Brass Percussion
Violin I Flute 2 Horns Timpani
Violin II 2 Oboes 2 Clarini
Viola 2 Bassoons 3 Trombones Other
Cello Organ


Scoring edit

The Mass in C Minor is scored for 2 soprano, tenor, and bass soloists, mixed choir (4-, 5-, and 8-part), and orchestra:

Singers Strings Woodwinds Brass Percussion Other
Soprano I Violin I Flute 2 Horns Timpani Organ
Soprano II Violin II 2 Oboes 2 Clarini
Tenor Viola 2 Bassoons 3 Trombones
Bass Cello
Mixed choir Bass