Missa sacra op. 147 Robert Schumann

Titel (DE): Missa sacra op. 147 -
Titel (EN): Missa sacra op. 147 -
Titel (FR): Missa sacra op. 147 -
Komponist / Composer: Schumann, Robert
Herausgeber / Editor: Appel, Bernhard R.
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Opus: op. 147
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Besetzung / Instrumentation: Chor und Orchester / choir and orchestra
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Verlag / Publisher: Schott Music
Erscheindungsdatum / Date of Publishing: 18.06.1991
Ausgabe / Publication: Partitur und Kritischer Bericht - Score and critical report - Gesamtausgabe
complete edition - - -
Seiten / Pages: 348
Verarbeitung: Leinen - Cloth
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ISMN: M-001-12852-0
ISMN-13: 979-0-001-12852-0
ISMN-EAN: 9790001128520
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On 10 December 1852 Robert Schumann wrote that his Missa sacra was a work of medium size, not difficult to perform' and suited for church and concert use'. But the composer himself never saw a performance of the complete mass, and it was not until 1863 that the work was printed. Contemporary reviews criticized that it flouted liturgical conventions. The work was said not to be religious enough because of its romantic rapture' and peculiarly colourful splendour of imagination'. In fact, Schumann's mass differs from the common pattern of mass compositions with regard to form. The numerous changes and omissions in the text as well as the three-part structure of the text-heavy parts of the mass Gloria and Credo are often put down to the fact that Schumann was a Protestant and there-fore felt able to handle the Roman-Catholic text more freely.

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On 10 December 1852 Robert Schumann wrote that his Missa sacra was a work of medium size, not difficult to perform' and suited for church and concert use'. But the composer himself never saw a performance of the complete mass, and it was not until 1863 that the work was printed. Contemporary reviews criticized that it flouted liturgical conventions. The work was said not to be religious enough because of its romantic rapture' and peculiarly colourful splendour of imagination'. In fact, Schumann's mass differs from the common pattern of mass compositions with regard to form. The numerous changes and omissions in the text as well as the three-part structure of the text-heavy parts of the mass Gloria and Credo are often put down to the fact that Schumann was a Protestant and there-fore felt able to handle the Roman-Catholic text more freely.