Mass in A major
Organ version (Coro STB)
by Cesar Auguste Franck
STB - Sheet Music

Soli STB, Coro STB, Org, Vc, Cb, Arpa

SKU: CA.4064659

Organ version (Coro STB). Composed by Cesar Auguste Franck. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1860. FWV 12. Duration 46 minutes. Carus Verlag #4064650. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4064659).

ISBN 9790007293604. Key: A major. Latin.

Cesar Franck's great orchestral Mass in A major of 1861 is one of the works which the composer wrote for liturgical use at St. Clotilde in Paris, the church where he played for many years as a famous organist and organ improviser. Probably because of concerns on the part of his publisher, a few years after Franck composed his orchestral Mass he reworked it for much smaller forces: instead of orchestra, just organ, harp, cello, and double bass are required. It was this version of the work was first published in 1872 in Paris.

As well as the orchestral version (40.646/00), Carus-Verlag also publishes this much reduced version - both in the original, now rather unusual, choral scoring for soprano, tenor, and bass (40.646/50), and in a four-part scoring adapted for modern-day choirs (40.646/60).
Score and parts available separately - see item CA.4064600.