Mass No. 2 (Bruckner)

The Mass No. 2 in E minor for eight-part mixed choir and brass band is a musical work by Austrian composer Anton Bruckner ( WAB 27). He composed several sacred works in his life, among these sacred works are also some trade fairs, of which three are numbered: D minor (No. 1), E minor ( No. 2) and F minor (No. 3 ).

Formation

The Mass in E Minor was born in 1866, at a time when Bruckner sought to overcome the disappointment of a silent love to a young girl who had turned down his marriage proposal.

The work

The show is based heavily on altkirchlicher music tradition with a theme that sustainably inspired by the intonation of the Gregorian chant. The show requires an up to eight-part mixed choir and 13 instruments in the following instrumentation: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones.

Kyrie

The Kyrie is an eight -part, nearly full-length a cappella singing. It begins tender in the women's voices and increases stepwise for Forte and FORTISSiMMO in the eight-voice choir.

Gloria

Credo

The credo is simple.

Sanctus & Benedictus

Agnus Dei

The Agnus Dei, the work as a prayer of peace sounds of.