W.A. Mozart's Litaniae lauretanae Compositions and the Loreto Pilgrimage
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W.A. Mozart's Litaniae lauretanae Compositions and the Loreto Pilgrimage. / Petersen, Nils Holger.
In: Eventum, Vol. 1, No. 2023, 2023, p. 82-105.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - W.A. Mozart's Litaniae lauretanae Compositions and the Loreto Pilgrimage
AU - Petersen, Nils Holger
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The Litaniae lauretanae (the Litany of Loreto), a Marian litany with medieval roots, has been set numerous times in polyphony, as well as in grand settings with soloists and orchestra, to be performed all over Catholic Europe. Famous musicians who composed settings of the Litany of Loreto include Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Claudio Monteverdi, Heinrich Biber, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This article discusses Mozart’s two settings of the Litaniae lauretanae that were composed in May 1771 and in 1774. The analysis of parts of Mozart’s settings in the light of the historical background of Loreto pilgrimages and the litany’s ritual and musical uses highlights some of their remarkable musical features. It is argued that Mozart’s settings, more than any other major contemporary ones, constitute musical reenactments of ritual experience.
AB - The Litaniae lauretanae (the Litany of Loreto), a Marian litany with medieval roots, has been set numerous times in polyphony, as well as in grand settings with soloists and orchestra, to be performed all over Catholic Europe. Famous musicians who composed settings of the Litany of Loreto include Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Claudio Monteverdi, Heinrich Biber, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This article discusses Mozart’s two settings of the Litaniae lauretanae that were composed in May 1771 and in 1774. The analysis of parts of Mozart’s settings in the light of the historical background of Loreto pilgrimages and the litany’s ritual and musical uses highlights some of their remarkable musical features. It is argued that Mozart’s settings, more than any other major contemporary ones, constitute musical reenactments of ritual experience.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Mozart
KW - ritual experience
KW - Faculty of Theology
KW - litaniae lauretanae
KW - Loreto pilgrimage
U2 - 10.54103/2023/20267
DO - 10.54103/2023/20267
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1
SP - 82
EP - 105
JO - Eventum
JF - Eventum
SN - 2975-0989
IS - 2023
ER -
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