Sacred Music / Epistle Sonatas
While living in Salzburg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote seventeen Church Sonatas (sonata di chiesa), also known as Epistle Sonatas, between 1772 and 1780. These are short single-movement pieces intended to be played during a celebration of the Mass between the Epistle and the Gospel.
Three of the sonatas (Nos.12,14,17), include oboes, horns, trumpets and timpani. The rest, eight of the sonatas, are scored for organ and strings (with no violas, only two violins and basso continuo), where in some of them (Nos 7-10,13-15,17) the organ has an obligato solo part, while in the other nine sonatas Nos 1-6,11,12,16, the organ accompanies along with the figured bass.
Most of these pieces would be inserted into any mass setting of the appropriate key. Those requiring more instruments than the standard "Salzburg Church Quartet" are meant to go with specific mass settings that have that instrumentation.
Other Links:
Mozart's Salzburg Church Music. www.npr.org. Accessed April 1, 2015.
Resource:
Church Sonatas (Mozart). en.wikipedia.org. Accessed April 1, 2015.
Video Credit:
Mozart - Complete Church Sonatas. YouTube, uploaded by Jenny. Accessed April 1, 2015.
(c) April 2015. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
While living in Salzburg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote seventeen Church Sonatas (sonata di chiesa), also known as Epistle Sonatas, between 1772 and 1780. These are short single-movement pieces intended to be played during a celebration of the Mass between the Epistle and the Gospel.
Three of the sonatas (Nos.12,14,17), include oboes, horns, trumpets and timpani. The rest, eight of the sonatas, are scored for organ and strings (with no violas, only two violins and basso continuo), where in some of them (Nos 7-10,13-15,17) the organ has an obligato solo part, while in the other nine sonatas Nos 1-6,11,12,16, the organ accompanies along with the figured bass.
Most of these pieces would be inserted into any mass setting of the appropriate key. Those requiring more instruments than the standard "Salzburg Church Quartet" are meant to go with specific mass settings that have that instrumentation.
Other Links:
Mozart's Salzburg Church Music. www.npr.org. Accessed April 1, 2015.
Resource:
Church Sonatas (Mozart). en.wikipedia.org. Accessed April 1, 2015.
Video Credit:
Mozart - Complete Church Sonatas. YouTube, uploaded by Jenny. Accessed April 1, 2015.
(c) April 2015. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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