Mass in B minor structure
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The Mass in B minor is Johann Sebastian Bach's only setting of the complete Latin text of the Ordinarium missae. Towards the end of his life, mainly in 1748 and 1749, he finished composing new sections and compiling it into a complex, unified structure.
Autograph of the title page of the first book, Missa
Johann Sebastian Bach towards the end of his life, by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, 1746
Schloss Friedrichsthal
Players of the Baroque orchestra L'arpa festante rehearsing the Gloria in St. Martin, Idstein, natural trumpets and timpani on the right, flauti traversi in the background
Mass in B minor
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The Mass in B minor, BWV 232, is an extended setting of the Mass ordinary by Johann Sebastian Bach. The composition was completed in 1749, the year before the composer's death, and was to a large extent based on earlier work, such as a Sanctus Bach had composed in 1724. Sections that were specifically composed to complete the Mass in the late 1740s include the "Et incarnatus est" part of the Credo.
Bach's 1748–1749 autograph score of the "Et incarnatus est", 13th movement of his Mass in B minor
Autograph of the first page of Symbolum Nicenum, beginning with the Gregorian chant Credo in the tenor
Autograph score of the Benedictus, aria for tenor and obbligato flute