| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 8 movements |
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| Composition Year | A: 1942-44 B: 1948 |
| Genre Categories | Masses; Religious works; For voices, mixed chorus, organ; |
Contents |
Complete Score (CA)
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| Work Title | Missa brevis |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Kodály, Zoltán |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IZK 14 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 8 movements:
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | A: 1942-44 B: 1948 |
| First Performance. | A: 1945-02-11 in Budapest: Hungarian State Opera House B: 1948-09-09 in Worcester: Worcester Cathedral (Three Choirs Festival) |
| First Publication. | A: 1947 - London: Boosey & Hawkes B: 1950 - London: Boosey & Hawkes |
| Language | Latin |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 32 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | A: voices, mixed chorus, organ (or harmonium) B: voices, mixed chorus, orchestra |
The organ mass was the first composed of the two versions. According to Grove Music, Kodaly "helped save people from persecution until he and his wife had to seek refuge in the cellar of a Budapest convent, where he completed the Missa brevis, a version for solo voices, chorus and orchestra of an earlier organ mass. He saw out the Battle of Budapest in the shelter of the opera house; the Missa brevis received its first performance in a cloakroom there."
Choral score has plate BH. Bk. 433. Chorus is given in an alternate choral version in the choral score, but at the end "Ite, Missa Est" "Original Organ Version" "Tacet" (that is, no choral contribution.)
Arguably in D minor or some D-modal (first movement is in D, one-flat, last movement is in D major.)
