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The ''Glagolitic Mass'' ((チェコ語:Glagolská mše) or ''Mša glagolskaja'') (also called ''Missa Glagolitica'' or ''Slavonic Mass'') is a composition for soloists (soprano, contralto, tenor, bass), double chorus, organ and orchestra by Leoš Janáček. The work was completed on 15 October 1926 and premiered by the Brno Arts Society, conducted by Jaroslav Kvapil, in Brno on 5 December 1927. Janáček revised the mass the next year.〔Dr. Theodora Strakova, editing board of ''Critical Edition of the Complete Works of Janacek'', Supraphon, Prague, 1992 (''Mša glagolskaja'' ) (''Glagolitic Mass''), details〕 The Glagolitic Alphabet was an early Slavic alphabet, the predecessor of the modern Cyrillic alphabet. ==Background== The text is in Old Church Slavonic, with five vocal movements that correspond to the Catholic Ordinary of the Mass, omitting "Dona nobis pacem" in the ''Agnus Dei''. The musical origins of the work can be traced to Janáček's Latin setting of the ''Kyrie'', ''Agnus Dei'', and ''Credo'' for organ and chorus. This was used as a dictation exercise by his composition students in 1908.〔Paul Wingfield: ''Janácek: Glagolitic Mass'' (Cambridge Music Handbooks), 1992. ISBN 978-0-521-38901-3〕 Janáček had extensive experience working with choirs, as well as writing a large amount of choral music, and this work is his finest in the genre. It begins and closes with triumphant fanfares dominated by the brass. In between these sections lies particularly vibrant and rhythmic writing for solo voices as well as choir. Before the closing ''Intrada'', Janáček introduces a dramatic organ solo of considerable originality – a ''perpetuo moto'' of wild energy. Janáček's ''Glagolitic Mass'' is considered one of the century's masterworks and is frequently performed and recorded today. Janáček was a strong supporter of pan-Slavism, and this mass has been viewed as a celebration of Slavic culture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glagolitic Mass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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