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Where can I find the words to Mozart's Kyrie or Grand Mass in C(K.427)?

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  • by EdMuse on January 9th, 2006

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    The text of Mozart's Grand Mass in C is the same as the text of the ordinary (those texts which do not change from mass to mass) of any Roman Catholic mass.

    The words to the Kyrie Eleison, the first section of the ordinary of any Roman Catholic mass, and the only section that remained in Greek when the rest of the mass was said or sung in Latin, are simply

    Kyrie Eleison
    Christe Eleison
    Kyrie Eleison

    which, translated into English are

    Lord have mercy
    Christ have mercy
    Lord have mercy.

    The entire ordinary of a Roman Catholic mass consists of the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, the Benedictus (these last two are often taken as one section), the Agnus Dei, and the Ite Missa Est (this last one, the perfunctory "Go, you are dismissed," is generally omitted in musical settings of the mass; it is understandably anticlimactic after the joyous closing text of the Agnus Dei, "Dona nobis pacem" or "Grant us peace").

    So, for the text of this mass, follow this link: http://www.hartfordchorale.org/mozart-texts.htm#MASS%20IN%20C%20MINOR

    But understand that this is the standard text of the ordinary of the mass, so the authoritative source would be the Liber Usualis (the Usual Book), the church-sanctioned repository of mass texts and their plainchant tunes. The Liber is published by St. Bonaventure Publications, and is available in many libraries.

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