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Mass in G minor (Vaughan Williams)

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on 6 December 1922. Though the first performance was in a concert venue Vaughan Williams intended the Mass to be used in a
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written in a distinctly English manner since the sixteenth century. The composer dedicated the piece to
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It is written for unaccompanied double choir and four soloists, and divided into five movements:
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and his contemporaries, and might be thought of as a vocal equivalent to the
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adapted the piece in an English translation for liturgical use as
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written in 1921. According to one commentator, it is the first
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The work has been described as spirituality reminiscent of
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Carwood, Andrew. Notes to Hyperion CD A67503 (2005)
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Mass ordinary
Gustav Holst
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Mass
Gustav Holst
Thaxted
City of Birmingham Choir
liturgical
R.R Terry
Westminster Cathedral
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
William Byrd
Tallis Fantasia
Maurice Jacobson
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Carwood, Andrew. Notes to Hyperion CD A67503 (2005)
The Oxford Handbook of Music and Medievalism
Notes to Nimbus CD NI5083 (2012)
reviewed at MusicWeb International
British Choirs Programme Notes
Score at IMSLP
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