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{{Infobox musical composition
| name                  = Missa solemnis in C major
| subtitle              = "Missa aulica"
| type                  = [[List of masses by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mass by W. A. Mozart]]
| image                 = Salzburger Dom.jpg
| image_upright         = 1.1
| caption               = [[Salzburg Cathedral]] may have been the first performance venue of the mass.
| other_name            =
| occasion              =
| catalogue             = [[Köchel-Verzeichnis|K]]. 337
| composed              = {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1780}}|location=[[Salzburg]]}}
| published             =
| movements             = 6
| vocal                 = [[SATB|{{abbr|SATB|soprano, alto, tenor and bass}}]] choir and soloists
| instrumental          = {{hlist | orchestra | organ }}
}}
The [[Missa solemnis]] in [[C major]] by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], [[Köchel-Verzeichnis|K]]. 337, was written in 1780 for [[Salzburg]].<ref>R. W. Gutman, ''Mozart: A Cultural Biography'' p. 479</ref> It was Mozart's last complete mass.<ref>P. Melograni et al, ''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Biography'' p. 116</ref> The mass is scored for soloists, choir, 2 [[oboe]]s,<ref>p. 130 (2002) Green</ref> 2 [[bassoon]]s, 2 [[trumpet]]s, 3 [[trombone]]s,<ref>R. W. Gutman, ''Mozart: A Cultural Biography'' p. 480</ref> strings (without [[viola]]s<ref>p. 130 (2002) Green</ref>) and [[organ (music)|organ]], the latter supplying [[figured bass]] for most of the duration.
== Structure ==
The setting is divided into six movements:
# '''Kyrie'''
# '''Gloria'''
# '''Credo'''
# '''Sanctus'''
# '''Benedictus'''
# '''Agnus Dei'''
The Sanctus recalls features of the Kyrie, and also has a violin figure Mozart used again in ''[[Idomeneo]]''.<ref>D. Heartz, ''Haydn, Mozart, and the Viennese School: 1740 — 1780'' W. W. Norton & Co. p. 668</ref> The Benedictus is peculiar for Mozart's [[mass setting]]s in that it is an austere fugue in an archaic style.<ref>D. Heartz, p. 668</ref>
==Fragmentary first Credo setting and its completion==
The autograph of the mass features an alternative setting of the Credo. This setting has a length of 136 measures and abruptly ends after the words "cuius regni non erit finis".<ref>cf. Introduction to the NMA score of the mass, pp. XV-XVI,  http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/nma/nma_cont.php?vsep=7&gen=edition&l=2&p1=-21</ref> It is not clear why Mozart stopped work on this setting and instead began work on the second – and complete – setting of the Credo on the next page of the autograph, but this may be due to the fact that Mozart had forgotten to set the words "sub Pontio Pilato" to music in the first draft. In the years 1989 and 2003 Dr Murl Sickbert completed the fragment; in 2006 it was performed at [[Hardin–Simmons University]], Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mozartforum.com/VB_forum/showthread.php?t=3216|title=First Recording of Murl Sickbert's Completion of Credo to K337|publisher=MozartForum.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808161410/http://www.mozartforum.com/VB_forum/showthread.php?t=3216|date=23 February 2007|archivedate=8 August 2007|accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref>
==Notes==
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==References==
* Green (2002) Jonathan D. New York ''A Conductor's Guide to Choral-Orchestral Works, Classical Period: Volume 1: Haydn and Mozart'' Scarecrow Press
* Heartz (1995) Daniel. New York. ''Haydn, Mozart, and the Viennese School: 1740 — 1780'' W. W. Norton & Co.
* Hugues (1974) Rosemary. London. ''Haydn''. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
* Schenbeck (1996) Lawrence. Chapel Hill, North Carolina ''Joseph Haydn and the Classical Choral Tradition'' Hinshaw Music
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