Missa brevis ( Latin for 'short Mass'; plural: Missae breves) usually refers to a Mass composition that is short because part of the text of the Mass ordinary that is usually set to music in a full Mass is left out, or because its execution time is relatively short.
16-562: [REDACTED] Look up brevis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brevis is the Latin word for short , and may refer to: Brevis (note) , a musical note in mensural notation, see Mensural notation Brevis (moth) Brevis (syllable) , a light syllable in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry Brevis in longo , a short syllable in place of
32-704: A "short Mass", referring to the Christian liturgy Vita Brevis ("Brief Life"), a book written by Jostein Gaarder, published in 1996 Brevi , an Italian surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Brevis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brevis&oldid=946650416 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
48-518: A Kyrie–Gloria Mass in Gregorian chant on pages 421 to 423 of his Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch (1682), introducing its Gloria as "... what the old church has done furthermore in praise of the Holy Trinity ". In the first half of the 18th century Kyrie–Gloria Masses could also be seen as a Catholic/Lutheran crossover, for example for Johann Sebastian Bach : not only did he transform one of Palestrina 's
64-501: A Mass composition with any combination of the following characteristics: (1) short execution time, (2) limited forces for performance, (3) leaving out part of the Mass ordinary and/or (4) the composition is incomplete so that the extant complete parts are seen as a Missa brevis. A Mass being short in this sense does however not exclude that sections based on texts outside the Mass ordinary are added to
80-617: A cappella missae totae in such a Kyrie–Gloria Mass for use in Lutheran practice, he also composed one in this format for the Catholic court in Dresden. Some Mass settings consisting of only three or four sections of the Mass ordinary can be indicated with a specific name, rather than with the generic Missa brevis name: Masses written for the Anglican liturgy often have no Credo (usually recited by
96-531: A light syllable in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry Brevis in longo , a short syllable in place of a long syllable Toyota Brevis , a mid-sized luxury sedan Brevis, a French surname See also [ edit ] Brevis muscle (disambiguation) , several muscles in the human body Ars longa, vita brevis ("art is long, life is short"), part of an aphorism by Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates Exposito en Brevis in Lucam ("A Brief Commentary on Luke"),
112-466: A long syllable Toyota Brevis , a mid-sized luxury sedan Brevis, a French surname See also [ edit ] Brevis muscle (disambiguation) , several muscles in the human body Ars longa, vita brevis ("art is long, life is short"), part of an aphorism by Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates Exposito en Brevis in Lucam ("A Brief Commentary on Luke"), a work by the ninth-century Benedictine monk Christian of Stavelot Missa brevis ,
128-556: A term that Leopold Mozart used for his son's K. 262 – rendering the complete words of the liturgy. As the words were well known some composers had different voice parts recite simultaneously different sections of long texts. This is especially characteristic of Austrian Masses in the Gloria and the Credo . Partial settings are seen in both the Roman and Lutheran traditions, where many works consist of
144-452: A work by the ninth-century Benedictine monk Christian of Stavelot Missa brevis , a "short Mass", referring to the Christian liturgy Vita Brevis ("Brief Life"), a book written by Jostein Gaarder, published in 1996 Brevi , an Italian surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Brevis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
160-419: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages brevis [REDACTED] Look up brevis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brevis is the Latin word for short , and may refer to: Brevis (note) , a musical note in mensural notation, see Mensural notation Brevis (moth) Brevis (syllable) ,
176-482: The 16th century , and in the custom of "telescoping" (or simultaneous singing by different voices ) in 18th-century Masses. After the period when all church music was performed a cappella , a short execution time usually also implied modest forces for performance, that is: apart from Masses in the "brevis et solemnis " genre. For composers of the classical period such as Mozart, missa brevis meant "short in duration" – as opposed to missa longa (long Mass),
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#1732869082559192-508: The Kyrie and Gloria. These masses came to be called Missae breves because they are shorter in words, the opposite being Missae totae (complete Masses). Protestant liturgies did not have a mandated set of Mass ordinary sections to be included in a Mass composition. Thus, in addition to settings of all five sections (e.g. Hieronymus Praetorius , Christoph Demantius ), there are many Kurzmessen (short masses) that include settings of only
208-736: The Kyrie, Gloria, and Sanctus (e.g. Stephan Otto , Andreas Hammerschmidt ). From the early 17th century, many Kurzmessen consist only of Kyrie and Gloria sections, e.g. those by Bartholomäus Gesius (eight out of ten Masses included in his 1611 Missae ad imitationem cantionum Orlandi ). In the second half of the 17th century the Kyrie–Gloria Kurzmesse was the prevalent type in Lutheranism, with composers like Sebastian Knüpfer , Christoph Bernhard , Johann Theile , Friedrich Zachow and Johann Philipp Krieger . Gottfried Vopelius included
224-520: The congregation and rarely sung to a choral setting in Anglican services) and no Agnus Dei . For American denominations, the Sanctus is usually without Benedictus. The Gloria section may be moved to the end of the composition. Some Masses in this category are rather to be seen as incomplete, while the composer did not write all the movements that were originally planned, or while some movements went lost, but
240-402: The extant part of the composition found its way to liturgical or concert practice recast as a Brevis. Whatever the reason for omitting part of the text of the Mass ordinary from the musical setting, the umbrella term for such Masses became Missa brevis. Partial Mass settings that are not a Kyrie–Gloria Mass include: From the late 19th century Missa brevis (or French: "Messe brève") may refer to
256-422: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brevis&oldid=946650416 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Missa brevis The concise approach is found in the mostly syllabic settings of
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