Missa solemnis in the style of Mozart - VIII. Cum Sancto Spiritu (fugue)

An original composition in Mozart's style.
This movement is part of an ongoing project: an large-scale mass where my goal is to emulate the mature church style of W.A. Mozart as accurately as possible. The work mainly draws inspiration from Mozart's largest work in the genre, the so-called "Great mass" in C minor, K. 427.
Ending the large Gloria section, "Cum Sancto Spiritu" is one of those texts that Mozart more often than not treats contrapuntally. The main inspiration for my "Cum Sancto" fugue is of course that of K. 427, where a powerful cantus firmus -like stile antico subject is developed into a large-scale fugue with many surprising harmonies and clever stretto imitations.

[@davidgleba3832]

Bravo!

[@calvinc6121]

I see similarities with Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, especially in the exuberant Gloria. Perhaps Beethoven has drawn inspiration from this work?

[@joshuamusic02]

huh... were you conciously aware that this is almost completely the same fugal theme as the 'amen' chorus at the end of Handel's Messiah?! its great work nevertheless!

[@niilokorsulainen]

Thanks! I was neither consciously nor subconsciously aware of it, as I must confess it's not a work I know thoroughly. I mean, I must've heard it at some point in my life but I had no recollection of what its final movement is like.
In any case, I don't think they're that similar apart from sharing the exact same melodic skeleton in the middle (mm. 2-3 of Handel's theme); the "head" as well as the overall construction of the subject were more closely inspired by the corresponding movement in Mozart's K. 66.

[@labeliuscomposer]

Kerrassaan upea fuuga! Tässä kyllä kuulee paljon c-mollimessua, etenkin tietyissä kadensseissa. Fuugan subjekti puolestaan muistuttaa ehkä enemmän Mozartin Dominicus-messun Cum Sancto Spiritua. Hienointa tässä koko messussa on se, että vaikka se jäljittelee Mozartin tyyliä hyvin tarkasti, se on silti uutta musiikkia eikä suora kopio mistään Mozartin teoksesta.

[@niilokorsulainen]

Kiitos paljon! Ensimmäinen versio tästä aiheesta oli itse asiassa tahattomasti melkein identtinen tuon KV 66:n Cum Sancto -aiheen kanssa - sehän on fuugateemaksi melko pitkä, ja sen "juju" onkin se strettopotentiaali, jonka Mozart hienosti käyttää tuon fuugan lopussa. Tästä syystä myös päädyin hylkäämään sen, kun tuntui että tästä tulisi nyt sitten lähinnä sellainen kopio kun kontrapunktinen loppuratkaisukin oli niin sanotusti jo valmiiksi pedattu :D