Schöpfungsmesse

The Mass No. 13 in B-flat major, Hob. XXII/13, was composed by Joseph Haydn in 1801. It is known as the Schöpfungsmesse or Creation Mass because of the words "qui tollis peccata mundi" in the Gloria. He recycled music from Adam and Eve's final duet in The Creation, a fact which scandalized Empress Maria Theresa so much that she ordered Haydn to recompose that passage for her own copy.

The recurrent motif in measure 51 of the Gloria is identical to the solo soprano/tenor motif in measure 13 of "Der Herr ist Groß" from Haydn's "Die Schöpfung".

The work was first performed on 13 September 1801. It consists of six movements:

1. Kyrie, Adagio, B-flat major, 3/4

   Kyrie, Allegro moderato, B-flat major, 6/8

2. Gloria, Allegro, B-flat major, alla breve

   Qui tollis, Adagio, E-flat major, 3/4

   Quoniam tu solus sanctus, Molto vivace, B-flat major, common time

   In gloria Dei Patris, Presto, B-flat major, common time

3. Credo, Vivace, B-flat major, common time

   Et incarnatus est, Adagio, G major, 3/4

   Et resurrexit, Allegro, B-flat major, common time

   Et vitum venturi, Più Allegro, B-flat major, common time

4. Sanctus, Adagio, B-flat major, common time

   Pleni sunt coeli, Allegro, B-flat major, common time

5. Benedictus, Allegretto, E-flat major, 6/8
6. Agnus Dei, Adagio, G major, 3/4

   Dona nobis pacem, Allegro moderato, B-flat major, alla breve