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Missa brevis in D minor
Mass by W. A. Mozart
Kollegienkirche, the University Church of Salzburg, c. 1712
Key	D minor
Catalogue	K. 65/61a
Occasion	Forty-hour vigil held at the Kollegienkirche
Composed	1769 (1769): Salzburg
Movements	6
Vocal	SATB choir and soloists
Instrumental	3 trombones 2 violins continuo

The Missa brevis in D minor, K. 65/61a, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12 years old at the time) and completed on 14 January 1769. It is scored for SATB soloists and choir, violin I and II, 3 trombones colla parte, and basso continuo.

It is thought that this mass was performed in the University of Salzburg's Kollegienkirche to open a forty-hour vigil. As a Lenten mass, it is likely that the Gloria could not have been performed on this occasion, and would have been composed for subsequent use. This is Mozart's shortest setting of the Order of Mass, and his only missa brevis set in a minor key.

The mass is divided into six movements.

1. Kyrie Adagio, D minor, common time

   "Kyrie eleison" – Allegro, D minor, 3/4

2. Gloria Allegro moderato, D minor, common time
3. Credo Allegro moderato, D minor, 3/4

   "Et incarnatus est" Adagio, D minor, cut common time

   "Et resurrexit" Allegro moderato, D minor, 3/4

   "Et vitam venturi saeculi" Più mosso, D minor, cut common time

4. Sanctus Adagio, D minor, cut common time

   "Pleni sunt coeli et terra" Allegro, D minor, common time

   "Hosanna in excelsis" Allegro, D minor, 3/4

5. Benedictus Andante, G minor, common time; soprano/alto duet

   "Hosanna in excelsis" Allegro, D minor, 3/4

6. Agnus Dei Andante, D minor, common time

   "Dona nobis pacem" Vivace, D minor, 3/8

References

1. Deutsch, Otto Erich (1966). Mozart: A Documentary Biography. Stanford University Press. p. 86.
2. Sadie, Stanley (2006). Mozart: The Early Years 1756–1781. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-19-816529-3.
3. ^ Eisen, Cliff; Keefe, Simon, eds. (2006). The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-139-44878-9.
4. Einstein, Alfred (1945). Mozart: His Character, His Work. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-19-500732-9.

External links

•  Missa brevis in d K. 65 (61a): Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Free scores of Missa brevis in D minor, KV 65 in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Missa brevis in D minor, K.65/61a: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• "Missa Brevis in D minor KV 65 (Mozart)". 3 April 2015 – via YouTube.
• "Missa Brevis in D minor KV 65 (Mozart)". 17 July 2013 – via YouTube.

• Masses by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• 1769 compositions
• Compositions in D minor