Latin Mass for the Lutheran court in Dresden (Missa section)

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The “Latin Mass for the Lutheran court in Dresden (Missa section)” is the portion of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor that he originally composed as a Latin liturgical setting for use at the Lutheran royal chapel in Dresden.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin Mass
musical work
sacred vocal music
alsoKnownAs Kyrie–Gloria Mass in B minor
linked to: Mass in B minor

Missa of the Mass in B minor
catalogCode BWV 232 I
linked to: BWV 232
commissionStatus composed without formal commission
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony
creatorOccupation Johann Sebastian Bach was Thomaskantor in Leipzig
dateComposed 1733
dedicatedTo Elector Frederick Augustus II of Saxony
formsPartOf Catholic Mass Ordinary text tradition
genre Mass
hasPart Gloria
Kyrie
historicalFunction presentation piece for Dresden court
intendedFor Lutheran royal chapel in Dresden
Saxon court in Dresden
linked to: Dresden court
intendedUse court worship
liturgy
key B minor
language Latin
laterIncorporatedInto complete Mass in B minor
linked to: Mass in B minor
liturgicalSectionsIncluded Christe eleison
Cum Sancto Spiritu
Domine Deus
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gratias agimus tibi
Kyrie eleison
Laudamus te
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Quoniam tu solus sanctus
liturgicalTradition Latin rite
liturgicalUse could be used in Lutheran services with Latin liturgy
manuscriptLocation Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (autograph of Mass in B minor)
partOf Mass in B minor
placeOfComposition Leipzig
purpose to seek favor and title from the Dresden court
relatedWork Mass in B minor, BWV 232
linked to: Mass in B minor
religiousContext Lutheranism
scoring mixed choir
orchestra
solo voices
style late Baroque
textSource Roman Catholic Mass Ordinary

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Mass in B minor originalLiturgicalContext Latin Mass for the Lutheran court in Dresden (Missa section)