Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote the Missa brevis in G K. 49 (47d) in Vienna in October/November 1768. The occasion for which it was composed is not known. Together with the Waisenhausmesse K. 139 (47a) written at about the same time the work is one of the first Mass settings of the then 12-year-old composer. The first editions of both Masses were published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1877 within the Complete Edition Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Werke. "Die Partitur ist großzügig gestaltet: großer Druck und übersichtliche Anordnung. " (Martin Huggel, Musik und Gottesdienst) "Mit der "Missa brevis in G" von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wird auf ein populäres Kirchenmusikwerk des jungen Komponisten aufmerksam gemacht, in dem sich die kostbare Schaffensfreude offenbart. " (Das Liebhaberorchester)
| ISBN: | 9790004174647 |
| Publication date: | 14th June 2018 |
| Author: | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Publisher: | Breitkopf & Härtel an imprint of Schott & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 52 pages |