17 Church sonatas
There are seventeen one-movement instrumental compositions known to have been composed by Mozart designated as either "Church sonatas" or "Epistle sonatas." These consist partly of simple trios for two violins and bass, partly of generous, concertante movements with obbligato organ. They were intended for services in the Salzburg Cathedral and were played after the reading of the epistle, between the Gloria and the Credo. The present transcriptions of all the Church sonatas for solo organ by Zsigmond Szathmáry enable the use of these charming miniatures even under simple performance conditions.
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- Sonate in C
- Sonate in D
- Sonate in F
- Sonate in G
- Sonate in F
- Sonate in C
- Sonate in D
- Sonate in Es
- Sonate in C
- Sonate in D
- Sonate in G
- Sonate in C
- Sonate in B
- Sonate in F
- Sonate in C
- Sonate in B
- Sonate in A
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Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
| 1756-1791As the son of the deputy Kapellmeister to the Salzburg Prince-Archbishop, Mozart was constantly surrounded by church music in his youth. On his travels Mozart became familiar with Italian church music, and later in Vienna he studied the works of Bach and Handel. After moving to Vienna he was faced with the new challenges of composing opera and piano concertos, and significantly the “C Minor Mass” KV 427, the greatest sacred work of the first Vienna years, remained unfinished. The last period of his life again shows a change of direction to church music: Mozart successfully applied to succeed the terminally ill Leopold Hoffmann as Kapellmeister at St Stephen's Cathedral, but he was unable to take up the position as he died before Hoffmann. A gem such as the “Ave verum” KV 618 and the incomplete Requiem KV 626 give us an idea of what Mozart might have achieved as a composer of sacred music if he had taken up this important position. Personal details
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Zsigmond Szathmáry
| 1939
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„ ... Die einsätzigen und daher wunderbar als gottesdienstliche Vor- oder Nachspiele geeigneten Stücke ... entstanden ursprünglich für eine Besetzung für zwei Violinen, Bass und Orgel. Die Übertragung auf die Orgel mindert den Reiz der Musik überhaupt nicht ... “
Carsten Klomp, Journal Kirchenmusik 03/2011
Carsten Klomp, Journal Kirchenmusik 03/2011
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