Messe für den Gründonnerstag
The Messe für den Gründonnerstag (Mass for Maundy Thursday), WAB 9, is a missa brevis composed by Anton Bruckner in 1844. History. Bruckner composed the "", a "Choral-Messe" in F major (WAB 9) for mixed choir a cappella, in 1844 while he was a schoolteacher's assistant in Kronstorf. Bruckner dedicated the work to A.M.D.G. The work, the manuscript of which is stored in the archive of Wels, was first published in band I, pp. 258–274 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. Thereafter, only the Gradual "Christus factus est" was issued by Anton Böhm & Sohn in 1931 , so that the work was listed by Grasberger as Christus factus est, WAB 9. The full setting of the mass is published in volume XXI/5 of the "". Setting. The work is divided into six parts: Total duration: about 10 minutes. On the front page of Bruckner's manuscript is written: In front of page 3 of the manuscript is written "" (At the Last Supper) This Missa brevis exhibits as the previous "Kronstorfer Messe" relationships to Palestrina's style. It contained originally no "Kyrie" or "Gloria", but included the Gradual "Christus factus est" and the Offertory "Dextera Domini" proper for the  feast. Only the first part of the "Credo" is composed, until ""descendit de caelis"". The "Sanctus" is a slightly modified version of the "Sanctus" of the "Kronstorfer Messe". As also in the following Missa solemnis, Mass No. 1 and Mass No. 2 the first verse of the "Credo" is not composed and has to be intoned by the priest in Gregorian mode before the choir is going on. The extra fugated "Kyrie" and "Gloria", which were composed in 1845, have been lost. Text. The text of "Dextera Domini" is derived from Psalm 117 in the Vulgata (). Use in the modern  liturgy. To make the "Messe für den Gründonnerstag" usable for Eucharist celebration Discography. Original setting. There is a single recording of the entire original setting of the Mass: