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Mass No. 2 (Schubert)
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Mass No. 2 in G major, D 167, by Franz Schubert was composed in less than a week in early March 1815 and remains the best known of his three short settings, or missae breves, dating between his more elaborate No. 1 and No. 5. Apart from some passages for soprano, its solistic interventions are modest; Schubert, characteristically, inclines toward a devotional mood. The First Mass had been successfully performed in the composer's parish the year before.
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Mass No. 2 | |
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by Franz Schubert | |
![]() Portrait of Franz Schubert by Franz Eybl (1827) | |
Key | G major |
Catalogue | D 167 |
Form | Missa brevis |
Composed | 1815 (1815) |
Movements | 6 |
Vocal | |
Instrumental | string orchestra and organ |
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