Mass No. 6 (Schubert)

Mass No. 6
by Franz Schubert
Church of the Holy Trinity in Alsergrund, c. 1724, where the mass received its first performance in 1829
KeyE-flat major
CatalogueD 950
FormMissa solemnis
Composed1828 (1828)
Performed1829 (1829): Alsergrund Church of the Holy Trinity
Movements6
VocalSATB choir and soloists
InstrumentalOrchestra

Mass No. 6 in E-flat major, D 950, is a mass composed by Franz Schubert, a few months before his death. It is scored for two tenor soloists, soprano, alto and bass soloists, SATB choir with divisi, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, violin I and II, viola, cello, and double bass. It was Schubert's final setting of the order of Mass, and is classified as a missa solemnis.

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