Messe de Minuit H 9
[solos(SSATB),mix ch(SATB),2fl,str,bc] duration: 20' solos: SSATB – choir: SATB – 2./2rec.0.0.0 – 0.0.0.0 – 2vl.2va.vc – bc(org)
Description
Of the 11 surviving settings of the Mass by Charpentier, the present work, Messe de Minuit, ist without doubt one of the most popular. The work belongs to the tradition of the parody-Mass: the composer adapted 10 noels whose titles are given in the autograph to the text of the Ordinary. The resulting music is fresh, charming and jubilant.
The single extant source is book 66 of the 25th volume of Charpentiers autograph Meslanges which was sold to the Bibliothèque Royale (now Bibliothèque Nationale) Paris. The manuscript is extremely clear. All editorial additions are placed in square brackets.
(Jean-Paul Montagnier)
ED 12600
piano vocal score
EAN: 9790220119255
72 pages / 19 x 27.5 cm / 230 g / softcover
ETP 8041
study score
EAN: 9790200218206
88 pages / 19 x 26.5 cm / 205 g / softcover
EOS 8041-03
solo flute 1
EAN: 9790004789582
12 pages / 21 x 29.7 cm / 37 g / stapled
EOS 8041-04
solo flute 2
EAN: 9790004789599
12 pages / 21 x 29.7 cm / 40 g / stapled
EOS 8041-11
Basso continuo
EAN: 9790004789605
12 pages / 21 x 29.7 cm / 38 g / stapled
EOS 8041-15
violin 1
EAN: 9790004789612
16 pages / 21 x 29.7 cm / 52 g / stapled
EOS 8041-16
violin 2
EAN: 9790004789629
12 pages / 21 x 29.7 cm / 39 g / stapled
EOS 8041-19
viola 1
EAN: 9790004789636
12 pages / 21 x 29.7 cm / 40 g / stapled
EOS 8041-20
viola 2
EAN: 9790004789643
20 pages / 21 x 29.7 cm / 37 g / stapled
EOS 8041-26
violoncello
EAN: 9790004789650
12 pages / 21 x 29.7 cm / 39 g / stapled
Description
Of the 11 surviving settings of the Mass by Charpentier, the present work, Messe de Minuit, ist without doubt one of the most popular. The work belongs to the tradition of the parody-Mass: the composer adapted 10 noels whose titles are given in the autograph to the text of the Ordinary. The resulting music is fresh, charming and jubilant.
The single extant source is book 66 of the 25th volume of Charpentiers autograph Meslanges which was sold to the Bibliothèque Royale (now Bibliothèque Nationale) Paris. The manuscript is extremely clear. All editorial additions are placed in square brackets.
(Jean-Paul Montagnier)