Franz Schubert
Mass in G major D 167
2nd version
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Franz Schubert
Mass in G major D 167
2nd version
- Instrumentation Soloists (STB), Mixed Choir (SATB), Strings and Organ
- Optional Instrumentation Soloists (STB), Mixed Choir (SATB), 2 Trumpets, Timpani, Strings and Organ
- Composer Franz Schubert
- Series B
- Editor Christine Martin
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Bärenreiter Verlag
- Order no. BA5583-91
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Description:
Franz Schubert composed the Mass in G major (D 167) in March 1815. He had only made his first public appearance as a composer six months earlier with his first Mass in F major (D 105). Even though no specific occasion for the composition of the second mass has survived, it was most likely written for Schubert's home parish in Lichtental (now a district of Vienna), where it was also performed.
The original version of the Mass in G was intended to be scored exclusively for string instruments. A little later, however, Schubert added trumpets and timpani ad libitum in a revised second version, which also forms the basis of this edition. The background to the extended instrumentation was presumably a church feast day - possibly one of the Easter days of 1815.
The original version of the Mass in G was intended to be scored exclusively for string instruments. A little later, however, Schubert added trumpets and timpani ad libitum in a revised second version, which also forms the basis of this edition. The background to the extended instrumentation was presumably a church feast day - possibly one of the Easter days of 1815.