Mass in G major, K. 49
| Missa brevis in G major | |
|---|---|
| Mass by W. A. Mozart | |
The composer in 1770 | |
| Key | G major |
| Catalogue | K. 49/47d |
| Composed | 1768: Salzburg |
| Movements | 6 |
| Vocal | SATB choir and soloists |
| Instrumental |
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Mozart's Mass in G major, K. 49/47d), is his first full mass. It is a missa brevis scored for SATB soloists and choir, violin I and II, viola, and basso continuo.
Mozart wrote the Mass in G major at the age of 12. It was however neither his first setting of a part of the mass ordinary – two years earlier he had already composed a Kyrie (K. 33) —, nor was it his largest composition with a religious theme up to date: his sacred musical play Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots had been premiered in the previous year.