Church music in Latin by Johann Sebastian Bach
comprises about ten compositions, all composed during
his Leipzig period. As a Lutheran church musician, Bach
was more devoted to the composition of sacred music in
German, writing hundreds of liturgical compositions in
that language, and for instance also producing a German
version of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. Compared to
Lutheran practice elsewhere, an uncharacteristic amount
of Latin was however used in church services in
Leipzig: it included mus...(+)
Church music in Latin by Johann Sebastian Bach
comprises about ten compositions, all composed during
his Leipzig period. As a Lutheran church musician, Bach
was more devoted to the composition of sacred music in
German, writing hundreds of liturgical compositions in
that language, and for instance also producing a German
version of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. Compared to
Lutheran practice elsewhere, an uncharacteristic amount
of Latin was however used in church services in
Leipzig: it included music on Latin texts being
performed on ordinary Sundays, on high holidays
(Christmas, Easter, Pentecost), and the Magnificat also
on Marian feasts (Annunciation, Visitation,
Purification).
In Lutheran service, a Missa was a setting of only
Kyrie and Gloria. Such a mass consisting of only Kyrie
and Gloria is for that time period sometimes indicated
as Missa brevis (literally: "short mass"). In 1733 Bach
composed such a Missa brevis for the Catholic court in
Dresden, however in an extended setting. In the late
1730s he again composed four Missae breves, mostly
parodies of earlier cantata movements. At the end of
his life he expanded the Missa for Dresden to his only
setting of the complete Mass ordinary, the Mass in B
minor.
The Mass in G Minor was Composed by Francesco Durante
(1684-1855) and copied by J.S. Bach during the second
half of 1727. J.S. Bach changed the structuring of the
Kyrie part of his source. He retained only Kyrie I,
composed a new filigree duet duet for the Christe (BWV
242), and employed the music from the beginning of the
Gloria for the Kyrie II. In the Gloria simple plainsong
intonation takes the place of the first section, and it
is not until the words "Et in terra pax" that Durante's
music is resumed.
Performed by J.S. Bach in Leipzig, 1727-1731.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach's_church_music_in_L
atin) & Bach Cantatas
(http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWVAnh26.htm).
I created this arrangement of the "Christe Eleison”
(Lord Have Mercy) for String Trio (Violin, Viola &
Cello).
SHEET MUSIC