Ref.

BWV 232

German Title

Messe in h-Moll

Latin Title

Mass in B minor

English Title

Mass in B minor / B minor Mass

French Title

Messe en si mineur

Italian Title

Messa in B Minor

Spanish Title

Misa en Si menor

Event

Composed

Leipzig, 1747-1749; Mostly assembled from previous materials from 1724 onwards.
1^st performance of Sanctus: December 25, 1725 - Leipzig; 2^nd performance of Sanctus: 1726-1727 - Leipzig; 3^rd performance of Sanctus: 1743-1748 - Leipzig; 1^st performance of Kyrie & Gloris (Mvts. 1-12): July 27, 1733 - Dresden; Performance of Symbolum Nicenum and Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Die & Dona nobis pacem: 1748-1749 - Leipzig ?

Text

Latin Mass

BWV 232 Text: Latin-1 | Latin-6 (1) | Latin-6 (2) | Latin-7 (1) | Latin 7 (2)
Translations: English-1 | English-5 | English-6 | English-13
Chinese-2 | Dutch-0 | Finnish-1 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Hebrew-2 | Hungarian-1 | Indonesian-1 | Japanese-6 | Portuguese-2 | Russian-3 | Spanish-6

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano I, Soprano II, Alto I, Alto II, Tenor I, Tenor II, Bass I, Bass II; Choir: S I, S II, A I, A II, T I, T II, B I, B II;
Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, corno da caccia, 2 transverse flutes, 2 oboes, 2 oboes d'amore, 2 fagots, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Aria | Mvt. 3: Chorus | Mvt. 4: Chorus | Mvt. 5: Chorus |
Mvt. 6: Aria | Mvt. 7: Chorus | Mvt. 8: Aria | Mvt. 9: Chorus | Mvt. 10: Aria |
Mvt. 11: Aria | Mvt. 12: Chorus | Mvt. 13: Chorus | Mvt. 14: Chorus | Mvt. 15: Aria |
Mvt. 16: Chorus | Mvt. 17: Chorus | Mvt. 18: Chorus | Mvt. 19: Aria | Mvt. 20: Chorus |
Mvt. 21: Chorus | Mvt. 22: Chorus | Mvt. 23: Chorus | Mvt. 24: Aria | Mvt. 25: Chorus |
Mvt. 26: Aria | Mvt. 27: Chorus

Score BGA [26.9 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 13, Faszikel 1 [Original source] | D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 14 | D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 23 | D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 180 [Original source] | D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 572 | D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1172 | D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 117 [Original source] | D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 118, Faszikel 1 | D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 118, Faszikel 2 | D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 118, Faszikel 3 | D-LEb Peters Ms. R 16, Faszikel 1 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) | D-LEb Peters Ms. R 16, Faszikel 2 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Bach Digital]
Capella: Mvt. 1 | Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 3 | Mvt. 4 | Mvt. 4 ver 2 | Mvt. 5 | Mvt. 6 | Mvt. 8 | Mvt. 10 | Mvt. 11 | Mvt. 12 | Mvt. 13 | Mvt. 15 | Mvt. 16 | Mvt. 17 | Mvt. 18 | Mvt. 19 | Mvt. 20 | Mvt. 21 | Mvt. 22 | Mvt. 22 ver 2 | Mvt. 25 [cap]
Manuscript [40.13 MB] | Bach's x's in BWV 232

References

BGA: VI | NBA: II/1 | BC: E 1 | Zwang: - | First Published: Bonn, 1845 | Autograph score (fascimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek (Leipzig, 1924; Kassel, 1965; Leipzig, 1983; Stuttgart, 1983 [missa only]) | Concordance, Chronology & Sources

Commentary

J.S. Bach Mass in B minor | Bach's Mass in B Minor as Musical Icon
Performing Bach's B minor Mass: Thirty Years of HIP
Mass in B Minor - Bach's only complete setting of the Latin Ordinary
J.S. Bach's B Minor Mass (May 1996)
The Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (Bethlehem)
Programme Notes for J.S. Bach’s B minor Mass
Bach, JS : Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Boston Cecilia: J.S. Bach, B Minor Mass Cantatas, Program Notes [by Donald Teeters]
Performance in Theory and in Practice: Helmuth Rilling’s Interpretations of Bach’s B minor Mass [by Uri Golomb]
Mass in B Minor: A Visual Studio by Henry de Jong (Worship aNew)
Exploring JS Bach Mass in B minor [by Tim Smith]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

February 1998 - March 2003; Weeks of October 4 & 11, 2009 (3^rd round); Week of November 6, 2016 (4^th round); Week of June 3, 2018 (4^th round)