Missa brevis No. 2 (Mozart)

Missa brevis No. 2 (Mozart)

The Missa brevis No. 2 in D minor, K. 65/61a, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and completed on 14 January 1769. It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB 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 Gloriacould 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 onlymissa brevis set in a minor key.
The mass is divided into six movements.
"Kyrie" Adagio, D minor, common time
"Kyrie eleison..." Allegro, D minor, 3/4
"Gloria" Allegro moderato, D minor, common time
"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
"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
"Benedictus" Andante, G minor, common time; soprano/alto duet
"Hosanna in excelsis..." Allegro, D minor, 3/4
"Agnus Dei" Andante, D minor, common time
"Dona nobis pacem..." Vivace, D minor, 3/8