Mass In B Minor, BWV 232, in Full Score

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Misa en Si menor, BWV 232. Partitura general.

The B Minor Mass, a cornerstone of Western music, is a composition of truly monumental dimensions, one that occupied Bach intermittently from the 1720s to the 1740s, and the work often regarded as the crowning glory of the great composer's lifework in the field of sacred music.
First conceived as a Lutheran Mass -essentially a setting of the Kyrie and Gloria performed at the beginning of the principal service-the work was later enlarged with a Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei to conform to the structure of the Roman Mass ordinary. But in its final form this majestic work proved too long and too elaborate to be used in any ordinary church service, Protestant or Catholic. It is as a concert work that it has fulfilled its unique role in sacred music, for it is a creation that transcends denominational limits and rises to the heights of a universal statement of Christian faith.
Requiring a large ensemble of performers (it is scored for two sopranos, alto, tenor, bass, chorus, orchestra and continuo), it has enthralled audiences for over two centuries and is today the focal point of Bach festivals and repertoires worldwide, and one of the most often recorded of Bach's works.
This superb full-score edition has been carefully reprinted from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition on fine-quality paper and sturdily bound. It will provide music lovers a lifetime of study and enjoyment of one of the greatest of choral masterpieces.

Unabridged Dover (1989) republication of the Bach-Gesellschaft edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, 1856.

CONTENIDO:

Texts and Translations

- Kyrie
Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison (Soprano duet)
Kyrie eleison

- Gloria
Gloria in excelsis
Et in terra pax
Laudamus te (Soprano aria)
Gratias agimus
Domine Deus (Soprano-Tenor duet)
Qui tollis
Qui sedes (Alto aria)
Quoniam (Bass aria)
Qum Sancto Spiritu

- Credo [Symbolum Nicenum]
Credo in unum Deum
Patrem omnipotentem
Et in unum Dominum (Soprano-Alto duet)
Et incarnatus est
Crucifixus
Resurrexit
Et in Spiritum Sanctum (Bass aria)
Confiteor
Et expecto resurrectionem

- Sanctus
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus
Pleni sunt coeli

- Osanna and Benedictus
Osanna
Benedictus (Tenor aria)

- Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei (Alto aria)
Dona nobis pacem

-Appendix: "Et in unum Dominum,"
alternative vocal parts