Mozart Exsultate, jubilate K. 165 (158a) -Motet-

Editor: Federhofer, Hellmut / Münster, Robert Arranger: Focke, Martin Orchestral scoring : SSolo/2Ob/Fl/2Hn/Str/Org Product format: vocal score, Urtext edition Binding: Stapled Pages / Format: 24 - 27,0 x 19,0 cm “In Italy nowadays this term (motet) is applied to a Latin sacred solo cantata consisting of two arias and two recitatives, concluding with an Hallelujah, and sung during the Mass following the Credo, generally by one of the best singers.” One composition matching this description is the solo motet Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165/158a, which Mozart wrote in Milan early in 1773 following the highly successful performance of his opera Lucio Silla.In 1978, when the music manuscripts in Bavaria were being sorted and cataloged in a project sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a set of manuscript parts for a previously unknown second version was discovered in the town parish church of St. Jakob in Wasserburg am Inn. The music and text of the concluding Alleluja movement w