The purpose of this study was to investigate the history of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Grand Mass in C Minor K. 427/417a and to compare performance editions of this work. / The first chapter outlines the procedure and reason for the study. Unavailability of the manuscript for study between World War II and the late 1970s contributed to limited recent research of the Mass, K. 427. Since the "finding" of the manuscript it has been housed in East Berlin's Deutsche Staatsbibliothek. However, expense of travel to East Berlin has prohibited further research by some scholars. A facsimile of the autograph was made available to the public in 1982. / Historical background and circumstances surrounding the Grand Mass in C Minor compromise the content of the second chapter. Topics for discussion include Mozart's reasons for writing the Mass, stylistic influences, and conjectures about the work's incompletion. In addition, the relation of the Mass and Davidde penitente is explained. / In the third chapter H. C. Robbins Landon's edition of the Mass--the most recent performance edition-- is analyzed. The first part of the chapter includes descriptions of formal structures. The second part of the chapter analyzes the Mass using the method of analysis developed by Julius Herford. / Landon's edition of the Mass is compared with the edition by Alois Schmitt in the fourth chapter. Differences and similarities between the two editions are identified. Further, both of these editions are compared with primary resources--a facsimile of the manuscript, reproductions of original sketches and fragments, and a handwritten copy of the organ and trombone parts of the Mass (which include corrections in Mozart's hand). Through comparisions it was determined that Landon's edition is in closer agreement with Mozart's manuscript than is Schmitt's edition. / The author of the present study hopes the data compiled will promote a scholarly approach to future performances of Grand Mass in C Minor K. 427/417a. Although Landon's edition (1956) of the Mass is an improvement over Schmitt's edition (1901), the former editor did not have the manuscript available for study. Recent research and publication of the facsimile indicate a need for a new performance edition. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, Section: A, page: 1677. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75335 |
| Contributors | CRABB, RICHARD PAUL., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 174 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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