General information
Title CZPolní mše [auth.]
Subtitle CZkantáta pro baryton, mužský sbor a orchestr
Title ENField Mass
Subtitle ENcantata for baritone, male chorus and orchestra
Title DEFeldmesse
Subtitle DEKantate für Bariton, Männerchor und Orchester
CategoryVocal Music
SubcategoryCantatas with Orchestra
Halbreich number279
Author of lyrics/libretto - Biblický / liturgický text, Biblical / liturgical text
Mucha, Jiří
Parts of the composition (movements)1. orchestral introduction; 2. choir Otčenáš; 3. orchestral intermezzo; 4. choir Bože náš 5. choir and bariton solo Kyrie Eleison
Durata27'
Instruments2020-0320-Timp-Batt-Arm(Org)-Pf; Coro maschile
Solo voiceBar
Note on the dedicationTo Czechoslovak volunteers on the French frontline.
Origin
Place of compositionVieux-Moulin
Place of composition 2Paris
Year of origin1939
Initiation of composition09/1939
Completion of composition12/1939
First performance
Performer Kubelík, Rafael
Šrubař, Teodor
Date of the first performance28.02.1946
Location of the first performancePrague
Note on the first performanceRafael Kubelík (cond.), Theodor Šrubař (Bar)
Ensemble Česká filharmonie (Czech Philharmonic); Pěvecký sbor Československého rozhlasu (Czechoslovak Radio Choir)
Česká filharmonie
Pěvecký sbor Československého rozhlasu
Autograph deposition
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Note on the autograph depostitionTwo drafts and two fragments of the autograph score (alternative endings) located at the Paul Sacher Stiftung.
Autograph baritone part with the typewritten English lyrics held by the Moravian Museum in Brno.
Copyright
CopyrightBärenreiter Praha
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First edition
PublisherMelantrich
Place of issuePraha
Year of publication1947
Editions available at the BM Institute
Melantrich, Prague, 1947
Call number at the BM Institute: 1210
Specification of the edition: 1st edition - large score
Details of this edition
Český hudební fond, Prague, 1956
Call number at the BM Institute: 1210a kv
Specification of the edition: 1st edition -piano reduction
Details of this edition
Bärenreiter Praha, Prague, 2019
Call number at the BM Institute: SV MAR 7
Specification of the edition: Bohuslav Martinů Complete Edition
Details of this edition
Sources
References Related writings
Documents in the Library
Note Lyrics by Jiří Mucha with usage of Czech prayers and psalms.
Piano reduction by Jan Novák was published by ČHF (Czech Music Fund) in 1956.
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