From: Karen Mercedes
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Subject: Re: Mass in C Minor
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On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, David Menzies wrote:

>
> I was just wondering if anyone out there had any information about the Mass
> in C minor by Mozart. K 427. If anyone knows of any links on the internet,
> that would be great. Thanks in advance.


This is from The Rough Guide to Classical Music:

Mass In C Minor

Mozart's Mass in C minor was his first non-commissioned Mass, which may
well explain the music's breathtaking sense of personal utterance,
but what remains unexplained is why he chose to leave the score
incomplete. A number of suggestions have been made - the most watery-eyed
being that he did not know how to finish a score already beyond perfection
- but nothing convincing has yet emerged. Whatever the truth, movements
such as the Qui tollis, with its soul-shuddering subito piani (sudden
quiet), eclipse anything in the Requiem and only the latter half of
Beethoven's Missa Solemnis stands comparison with this extraordinary,
solemn, God-fearing work.


And here is the Mass in C Minor page at The Mozart Project web site:
http://www.frontiernet.net/~sboerner/mozart/compositions/k_139__.html

KM
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