Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for | 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra |
Musical Editions | Score |
Item no. | 484580 |
Author / Composer | Franz Schubert |
Editor | Horn Paul |
Scope | 36 pages |
Duration | 25 minutes |
Release year | 2008 |
Publisher / Producer | Carus Verlag |
Producer No. | CV 40.675/45 |
ISMN | 9790007090678 |
Franz Schubert’s Mass in G major is one of the most popular settings of the mass ordinary: the charming song-like melodic writing, especially in the Kyrie and the Credo, forms a magical counterpoint to more concertante passages in the Gloria and the Sanctus. For a long time it was thought that Schubert’s final version was scored for purely string orchestra, whilst a version with wind, brass, and timpani was thought to be an expanded orchestration by his brother Ferdinand Schubert. However, since the mid-1990s it has been known that the parts for trumpets and timpani were additionally composed by Franz Schubert himself for use "ad libitum". The present edition offers this "Klosterneuburg Version”" – with trumpets and timpani ad libitum, but without Ferdinand’s wind parts – in an Urtext edition reflecting Schubert’s own intended orchestration.