Franz Schubert Mass in E flat major

D 950, 1828

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The Mass in E flat major is the last of Schubert’s six settings of the Ordinarium Missae and it is also his most significant work in this form. It is full of varied dramatic gestures and fervent expression and because of some essential omissions of text, it was described by some contemporaries as “unsuitable for liturgical use”.

For the editions of the "great" Schubert Masses the editors have once again thoroughly and subtly reexamined the source material. This has resulted in historical-critical Urtext editons which differ from previous editions in many passages: these are major differences but many obvious details, especially dynamic and articulation are corrected (which has been a trouble spot in the Schubert Edition). The scholarly editions present the musical text in a manner which furthers historically informed performance practice.


Thanks to an arrangement by J. Linckelmann (Carus 40.660/50), it is possible to perform the work in smaller settings.



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  • Kyrie
  • Gloria
  • Domine Deus
  • Quoniam tu solus
  • Cum sancto spiritu
  • Credo
  • Et incarnatus
  • Et resurrexit
  • Sanctus
  • Benedictus
  • Agnus Dei
  • Dona nobis pacem
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    • Cum sancto spiritu (Choir Coach)
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    • Credo (Choir Coach)
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    • Et incarnatus (Choir Coach)
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    • Credo (Choir Coach)
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    • Et incarnatus (Choir Coach)
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    • Et resurrexit (Choir Coach)
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    • Et incarnatus (Choir Coach)
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    • Gloria (Choir Coach)
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    • Quoniam tu solus (Choir Coach)
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    • Credo (Choir Coach)
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    • Et incarnatus (Choir Coach)
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    • Et resurrexit (Choir Coach)
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    • Benedictus (Choir Coach)
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    • Agnus Dei (Choir Coach)
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  • Kyrie

    Kyrie eleison.
    Christe eleison.
    Kyrie eleison.

    Gloria

    Gloria in excelsis Deo.
    Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
    Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te. Glorificamus te.
    Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.
    Domine Deus, Rex coelestis,
    Deus Pater omnipotens,
    Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe.

    Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris.
    Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.

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  • Kyrie

    Lord, have mercy on us.
    Christ, have mercy on us.
    Lord, have mercy on us.

    Gloria

    Glory be to God on high
    and on earth peace to men of good will.
    We praise Thee; we bless Thee; we worship Thee. We glorify Thee.
    We give Thee thanks for Thy great glory.
    Lord God, heavenly King,
    God the almighty Father,
    O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

    O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.
    Thou who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

    ...

  • Kyrie

    Herr, erbarme dich unser.
    Christus, erbarme dich unser.
    Herr, erbarme dich unser.

    Gloria

    Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
    und Friede auf Erden den Menschen, die guten Willens sind.
    Wir loben dich, wir preisen dich, wir beten dich an. Wir verherrlichen dich.
    Wir sagen dir Dank ob deiner großen Herrlichkeit.
    Herr und Gott, König des Himmels,
    Gott, allmächtiger Vater,
    Herr Jesus Christus, eingeborener Sohn.

    Herr und Gott, Lamm Gottes, Sohn des Vaters.
    Du nimmst hinweg die Sünden der Welt, erbarme dich unser.

    ...

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  • Throughout most of his life Franz Schubert was concerned with church music. When he was eleven he was chosen as treble soloist at his local church in the Vienna suburb of Lichtenthal and soon afterwards he was admitted to the choir of the Imperial Court Chapel, directed by Antonio Salieri. Soon he also began to compose; his earliest surviving sacred pieces date from 1812. During his lifetime his church music achieved a comparatively wide degree of acceptance but after his death, most notably, his smaller works were unjustly forgotten. The Carus programme encompasses Schubert’s complete sacred compositions and it is intended to emphasize the wide range of his works in this area. Many of the smaller liturgical compositions are published here for the first time in separate editions. What is to be discovered is a fascinating œuvre, rooted in the ‘stile antico’ of Antonio Salieri and in the compositions of the Viennese classical masters, but whose exquisite lyricism and harmonic subtlety reveal a typically Schubertian world of expression: works with great power of conviction and exceptional musical beauty. Personal details

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Franz Schubert: Messe in Es-Dur D 950

Franz Schubert: Messe in Es-Dur D 950

In seinem Todesjahr erhielt Schubert den Auftrag, eine große Messe (samt „Intende voci” D 963, „Tantum ergo” in Es D 962 und „Hymnus an den heiligen Geist” D 948) für den damals im Aufbau befindlichen Verein zur Pflege der Kirchenmusik der Kirchengemeinde Wien-Alsergrund zu schreiben. Erst ein Jahr nach seinem Tod erlebte sie in der dortigen Kirche ihre Uraufführung unter Schuberts Bruder Ferdinand. Einerseits gab es bald danach Stimmen, die sie vor allem wegen ihrer Länge, aber auch wegen ihres düsteren Stils, der eher zu einem Requiem passe, ablehnten; andererseits umgab sie sehr früh ein Nimbus des Geheimnisvollen - der Umstand, dass Schubert einige Monate nach Fertigstellung der Messe starb, ließe viele meinen, die Messe sei von Todessehnsucht und Todesahnung erfüllt. Jedenfalls erfolgte die erste Drucklegung auf Initiative von Johannes Brahms, der auch den Klavierauszug erstellte, erst 1865. Die Partitur, in Leinen gebunden, zeichnet sich durch übersichtlichen, großen Druck aus und ist sehr sorgfältig, nach heute allgemein anerkannten Editionsgrundsätzen erstellt wobei ein ausführlicher Kritischer Bericht über abweichende Lesarten und die Quellenlage informiert. Ebenso sorgfältig ist der Klavierauszug, für den Paul Horn verantwortlich zeichnet, erstellt. Der zweisystemige Klavierpart enthält die wesentlichen Instrumentierungsangaben sowie für alle Singstimmen ein eigenes Liniensystem, so dass er in der Praxis sowohl für Chorsänger und Solisten als auch für die Korrepetition bestens einsetzbar ist.

Quelle: Singende Kirche 3/1997

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