Eybler: Missa Sancti Alberti

Composer: Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765-1846) Editor: Armin Kircher Instrumentation: SATB Choir, Orchestra Work: Missa Sancti Alberti in C Major, HV 6 Binding: Work Language: Latin ISMN: 9790007164652 Size: 9.8 x 12.6 inches Pages: 64 PDF Preview Description Mozart and Haydn greatly admired the church music of their friend, the composer and Vienna court Kapellmeister Joseph Eybler. with its lyrical-pastoral mood, his Missa Sancti Alberti contrasts with his large-scale mass settings; in structure, extent, and orchestration it recalls Franz Schubert's well-known Mass in G Major. Apart from two solo quartets (which can be performed by soloists from the choir) the chorus is the main carrier of the musical action; the concise setting of the mass text is mainly set homophonically. Starting with a basic string group, the orchestra can be expanded ad libitum by the addition of two oboes, two bassoons, two trumpets, and timpani, enabling the work to be presented in its