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Cantata composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Davide penitente ,
K. 469 (also Davidde penitente ), is a
cantata by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , to texts by
Saverio Mattei [
it ] . The cantata was commissioned by the Wiener
Tonkünstler-Societät , and first performed on 13 March 1785 in the Vienna
Burgtheater . Most of the music is derived from the unfinished
Great Mass in C minor , K. 427 (1782–83), although two arias ("A te, fra tanti affanni" and "Fra l'oscure ombre funeste") and a
cadenza for the last
movement ("Chi in Dio sol spera") were newly composed for the work.
[1]
It has a duration of approximately 45 minutes.
The theme of the work is based on the
Psalms and the
First Book of Samuel of the
Old Testament . The text was previously attributed to
Lorenzo Da Ponte , following a report by
Vincent Novello .
[2] However, it is now known that the text is taken from Italian translations of the Psalms by
Saverio Mattei [
it ] (1742–95).
[3]
Alzai le flebili voci al Signor (
Andante moderato : Chorus)
Cantiamo le glorie e le lodi (Allegro vivace: Chorus)
Aria: Lungi le cure ingrate (Allegro aperto: Soprano II)
Sii pur sempre benigno (Adagio: Chorus)
Duet: Sorgi, o Signore, e spargi i tuoi nemici (Allegro moderato: Sopranos I and II)
Aria: A te, fra tanti affanni – Udisti i voti miei (Andante – Allegro: Tenor)
Se vuoi, puniscimi (Largo: Double choir)
Aria: Fra l'oscure ombre funeste – Alme belle (Andante – Allegro: Soprano)
Terzetto: Tutte le mie speranze (Allegro: Sopranos I and II, Tenor)
Chi in Dio sol spera (Adagio: Chorus) – Di tal pericoli non ho timor (Chorus)
^ Michael Quinn, "Cantata", The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia , ed.
Cliff Eisen and
Simon P. Keefe (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), 59–60.
^
Geistliche Gesangwerke in
Neue Mozart-Ausgabe (1987), vol. I/IV/iii, p. XIV
^ Saverio Mattei, I libri poetici della Bibbia , 5 volumes, Naples: Simoniana, 1766–1774.
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G major, K. 49/47d
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D minor, K. 65/61a
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Kleine Credo Messe F major, K. 192/186f
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Sparrow Mass C major, K. 220/196b
Missa longa C major, K. 262/246a
Credo Mass C major, K. 257
Piccolomini Mass or Spaur Mass C major, K. 258
Orgelsolomesse C major, K. 259
B-flat major, K. 275/272b
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