Nelson Mass

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The Nelson Mass is one of Joseph Haydn’s most famous late sacred choral works, noted for its dramatic intensity and richly expressive orchestration.

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Nelson Mass canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf liturgical composition ⓘ
mass ⓘ
sacred choral work ⓘ
alternativeName Haydn’s Nelson Mass ⓘ
Mass for Troubled Times ⓘ
associatedWith Horatio Nelson ⓘ
catalogueNumber Hob. XXII:11 ⓘ
commissionedBy Prince Nikolaus II Esterházy ⓘ
composer Joseph Haydn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
dateComposed 1798 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Princess Maria Josepha Hermenegild Esterházy ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Eisenstadt ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1798 ⓘ
genre Mass ordinary setting ⓘ
historicalContext Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
instrumentation organ continuo ⓘ
strings ⓘ
timpani ⓘ
trumpets ⓘ
key D minor ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
liturgicalContext Roman Catholic Mass ⓘ
movement Agnus Dei ⓘ
Benedictus ⓘ
Credo ⓘ
Gloria ⓘ
Kyrie ⓘ
Sanctus ⓘ
notableCharacteristic dramatic intensity ⓘ
richly expressive orchestration ⓘ
notableSection Dona nobis pacem ⓘ
linked to: Dona Nobis Pacem

Et incarnatus est ⓘ
partOf Haydn’s late masses ⓘ
period Classical period ⓘ
placeComposed Eisenstadt ⓘ
style late Haydn sacred style ⓘ
tempoMarkingExample Gloria: Allegro con spirito ⓘ
Kyrie: Adagio ⓘ
title Missa in Angustiis ⓘ
vocalForces alto solo ⓘ
bass solo ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ
soprano solo ⓘ
tenor solo ⓘ
workNumberInHaydnMasses 11 ⓘ

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