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Mass in B minor

Missa in h-moll

art material performance music music work core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, composer

Canon Rationale

A core sacred music work, included for Bach's late compositional synthesis, Latin mass setting, choral-orchestral writing, Baroque sacred form, and performance/edition history.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 108.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Mass in B Minor'.
  • museum record: IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library, 'Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)'.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency, performance context required

Sensitivity Flags

performance context required

Completion unit: listen to a complete performance. Record conductor, ensemble, recording, edition/version, and text or translation support used.

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