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CORATIAN (MOSTAR) MASS
Commentary by the composer Igor Kuljeric

Croatian (Mostar) Mass was commissioned by Mostar Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Zivka Kljuce on the occassion of its 50th anniversary. I have set the liturgical text of the mass as it is used in our local churches. The main sections set to music are Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Holy, and Agnus Dei. The music vocabulary employed in this mass was inspired by the melismatic and harmonic/rhythmic elelmenst found in liturgical music of early Christians. Here influences of Latin chorale and Croatian melodies are intertwiened. The vocal and instrumental parts are consciously kept simple so that the work may be readily acessible to a wider segment of local performers and consequently also the general public.

Silba, February 6, 2006 Igor Kuljerić