Dir, Seele des Weltalls, K.429/468a (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)

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This is an incomplete work by Mozart. The piece survives only in fragmentary form and has been completed by different composers.


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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1790).
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Misc. Notes Inscribed on the first page by Johann Anton André as composed in 1783, though this date is now questioned.
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Publisher. Info. Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, Serie I, Werkgruppe 4,
Kantaten [NMA I/4//4] (pp.96-109)
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1957. Plate BA 4507.
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Arranger Unknown [F. X. W. Mozart?]
Copyist Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791–1844)
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Feduol (2025/9/5)

Arranger Carl Reinecke (1824–1910), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. Kompositionen für Freimaurer, No.8 (pp.44-55)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 191[3?]. Plate V.A. 1357.
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For Soprano, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Stadler)

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Arranger Maximilian Stadler (1748–1833)
Publisher. Info. Mozarts Werke, Serie XXIV:
Supplemente, Bd.2, No.36b
(pp.7-18 (29-40))
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1885. Plate W.A.M. 429.
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For Soprano, Male Chorus and Piano (Stadler)

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Arranger Maximilian Stadler (1748–1833)
Publisher. Info. Mozarts Werke, Serie XXIV:
Supplemente, Bd.2, No.36a
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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1885. Plate W.A.M. 429.
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Allegro moderato (No.1)

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10 more: Choral Score • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Bassoon • Horn 1 (E♭) • Horn 2 (E♭) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

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Arranger Maximilian Stadler (1748–1833)
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General Information

Work Title Dir, Seele des Weltalls
Alternative. Title
Composer Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. K.429 ; K⁶.468a
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IWM 141
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 parts
  1. Allegro moderato: Dir, Seele des Weltalls
  2. Aria: Dir danken wir die Freude
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1790 ca.
First Publication. 1858 (Stadler's arrangements)
1957 (Mozart's fragment)
Librettist Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1749–1827)
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation tenor, male chorus (TTB), orchestra
InstrDetail flute, 2 oboes, clarinet, 2 horns, strings, continuo
External Links NMA report (German)