Missa Sancti Nicolai

Missa Sancti Nicolai
Mass by Joseph Haydn
KeyG major
CatalogueHob. XXII/6
Composed1772 (1772)
VocalSATB choir and soloists
Instrumentalorchestra

Missa Sancti Nicolai, Mass No. 6 in G major, Hob. XXII/6, also known as the Nicolaimesse, is a mass by Joseph Haydn, composed around 1772 and revised in 1802.[1]

The work is scored for SATB soloists and choir, two oboes, two horns, strings, and organ. The revision added trumpets and timpani.[1]

Like most Austrian masses, the work consists of six movements:

  1. Kyrie Allegretto, G major, 6/4
  2. Gloria Vivace, G major, common time
    "Quoniam tu solus sanctus" Allegro, common time
  3. Credo Allegro, G major, 3/4
    "Et incarnatus est" Adagio, G minor, common time
    "Et resurrexit" Allegro, G major, 3/4
  4. Sanctus Adagio, G major, common time
    "Pleni sunt coeli" Allegro, G major, 3/4
  5. Benedictus Moderato, D major, common time
    "Osanna in excelsis" Allegro, G major, 3/4
  6. Agnus Dei Adagio, G minor, 3/4
    "Dona nobis pacem" Allegretto, G major, 6/4
  1. ^ a b Green, Jonathan D. (2002). A conductor's guide to choral-orchestral works, classical period. Scarecrow Press. pp. 43–45. ISBN 9780810842069.