A large-scale setting of the Latin Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach, assembled and completed in its final form in 1749, drawing together music composed across much of his career. Never performed complete in Bach's lifetime, it is now widely regarded as one of the supreme achievements of Baroque sacred music.
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Source The New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansStanley Sadie, editor (successive editions)
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Source The New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansStanley Sadie, editor (successive editions)
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Source The New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansStanley Sadie, editor (successive editions)
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1. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Stanley Sadie, editor (successive editions), Oxford University PressGenre reference
A large-scale setting of the Latin Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach, assembled and completed in its final form in 1749, drawing together music composed across much of his career.
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- In Form: Music
- Created By: Johann Sebastian Bach
- In Movement: Baroque
2. Mass in B minor (Wikipedia)
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The Mass in B minor (German: h-Moll-Messe), BWV 232, is an extended setting of the Mass ordinary by Johann Sebastian Bach. The composition was completed in 1749, the year before Bach's death, and was to a large extent based on ear
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The Mass in B minor (German: h-Moll-Messe), BWV 232, is an extended setting of the Mass ordinary by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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