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 section
Autograph of the title page of the first book, Missa
Johann Sebastian Bach towards the end of his life, by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, 1746
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
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 Bach's death, and was to a large extent based
Mass in B minor structure
…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…
Bach's 1748–1749 autograph score of the "Et incarnatus est"
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