Polyphonic Masses
  • daniel
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    Are there polyphonic Masses with fewer than 4 voices?
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    Byrd's Mass for Three Voices is probably the one known best around here.
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  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    The following masses for 3 voices are available at CPDL (I excluded those that were less than complete masses):

    2. Messe für Landchöre (Max Keller)
    Caecilienmesse, Op. 200 (Robert Führer)
    Deutsch figurierte Messe (Franz Bühler)
    Deutsche Messe (Franz Bühler)
    Deutsche Messe (Johann Michael Haydn)
    Deutsche Messe (Matthias Pernstein)
    Deutsche Messe 1 (Alois Bauer)
    Deutsche Messe für die Weihnachtszeit (Alois Bauer)
    Deutsche Messe in G (Alois Bauer)
    Landmesse 2 (F. X. Schmid)
    Landmesse in D (Ludwig Paupie)
    Landmesse in E (Quirin Anderl)
    Landmesse in F (Anton Diabelli)
    Landmesse No. 3 (Robert Führer)
    Landmesse No. 5 (Robert Führer)
    Landmesse No. 6 (Robert Führer)
    Mass for Three Voices (Antonio Lotti)
    Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd)
    Mass in D minor (Samuel Webbe)
    Mass of the Purification of Our Lady (José Maurício Nunes Garcia)
    Messa a tre voci (Giacomo Carissimi)
    Messa breve n.4 a 3 voci miste (1992) (Paolo Pandolfo)
    Messa di Santa Croce (Johann Kaspar Aiblinger)
    Messa Santa Theresia (Johann Kaspar Aiblinger)
    Messe Basse (Gabriel Fauré)
    Messe brève en Sol (Théodore Dubois)
    Messe brève n° 5 in C (Charles Gounod)
    Messe brève à 3 voix in Es (Théodore Dubois)
    Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville (André Messager and Gabriel Fauré)
    Messe E-Dur (Christoph Dalitz)
    Messe für Jugendchor (Christoph Dalitz)
    Messe für SSA und Orgel (Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm)
    Messe in C Nr.1 (Robert Führer)
    Messe Secunda, Op. 5, No. 2 (Michael Haller)
    Missa 'Grüne Linden' (Anonymous)
    Missa Alauda (Joachim Kelecom)
    Missa Ave Regina Caelorum (Jacques Arcadelt)
    Missa brevis 2 in G (Johann Baptist Anton Vallade)
    Missa brevis 3 in A (Johann Baptist Anton Vallade)
    Missa brevis 5 in C (Johann Baptist Anton Vallade)
    Missa Candida (Francesco Lorenzo Luciani)
    Missa Caroli Borromaei (C. Hegmann)
    Missa Esclave puist adevenir (Anonymous)
    Missa Fons bonitatis (Anonymous)
    Missa I (Anonymous)
    Missa I in A Minor (Antonio Lotti)
    Missa in A (Franz Köstner)
    Missa in A (L. B. Est)
    Missa in A Major, Op. 10/5 (Franz Bühler)
    Missa in B (L. B. Est)
    Missa in B for TBB (Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens)
    Missa in C (J.C. Ahne)
    Missa in C 3-part (L. B. Est)
    Missa in C brevis et facilis (Franz Bühler)
    Missa in C Major (L. B. Est)
    Missa in C Major, Op. 10/6 (Franz Bühler)
    Missa in D op.96 (Karl Kempter)
    Missa in D, Op. 2 (Franz Bühler)
    Missa in Eb Major, Op. 10/4 (Franz Bühler)
    Missa in F Major (F. X. Schmid)
    Missa in F Major (L. B. Est)
    Missa in F Major, Op. 10/3 (Franz Bühler)
    Missa in F&C (Karl Kempter)
    Missa in G (Joseph Zwerger)
    Missa in G (Karl Kempter)
    Missa in G (L. B. Est)
    Missa in G Major, Op. 10/2 (Franz Bühler)
    Missa No. 1 in B (Johann Baptist Anton Vallade)
    Missa No. 4 (L. B. Est)
    Missa No. 4 in D Major (Josef Ohnewald)
    Missa No. 6 in G Major (Josef Ohnewald)
    Missa Nos amis (Johannes Tinctoris)
    Missa Nr. 2 (Jean Simon Eykens)
    Missa op. 10 (Josef Vinzenz Peinl)
    Missa op. 187 (Josef Rheinberger)
    Missa Pastoritia in F (Karl Kempter)
    Missa Pastoritia in G (Karl Kempter)
    Missa plenaria de Beata Virgine (Reginald Libert)
    Missa Prima (Michael Haller)
    Missa salus infirmorum (Johann Kaspar Aiblinger)
    Missa Salve Regina (Christoph Dalitz)
    Missa Sancti Anthonii de Padua (Guillaume Dufay)
    Missa sine nomine (Barbingant)
    Missa sine nomine (Johannes Bassere)
    Missa solemnis in C (Robert Führer)
    Missa Soyez amprantiz (Guillaume le Rouge)
    Missa tribus vocibus (Christoph Dalitz)
    Missa Trium Vocum (Anonymous)
    Pastoralmesse (Franz Reisinger)
    Requiem in C (Robert Führer)
    Requiem in F (Robert Führer)
    Ruralmesse Nr.3 (Robert Führer)
    Scalabrinian Mass (Daniele Colla)
    Schutzengelmesse (Heinrich Huber)
    Sehr kurze und leichte Messe in Bb, Op. 295, No. 5 (Robert Führer)
    Sehr kurze und leichte Messe in G, Op. 295, No. 6 (Robert Führer)
    Sonntagsmesse (Josef Güttler)
    Sonntagsmesse Nr.3 (Josef Güttler)
    Svētā Andreja mise (3) (St. Andrew's Mass) (Andris Solims)

  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
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    So.... yes.
  • One notes that one, Robert Fuhrer, wrote a Ruralmesse.
    Um, is there, perchance, a corresponding Urbanmesse???
  • kenstb
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    Still working on it... ; )
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    is there, perchance, a corresponding Urbanmesse???
    Um, mayhaps a Mass in Honor of Pope Urban?
  • rob
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    Or, sadly, Detroit?
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  • matthewjmatthewj
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    Detroit might have more polyphonic Masses sung per Sunday than any other city in the US.
  • rob
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    And, so, not quite such a messe as one might otherwise imagine.
  • francis
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    i have one or two... will post soon.
  • francis
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    Here is Missa Brevis in C Minor. You can preview audio and pdf from this page.

    http://myopus.com/missaBrevisInCMinor.html
  • Cantus67Cantus67
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    So there's one or two besides the Byrd? Ok, got it.

    ;)

    R
  • francis
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    So there's one or two besides the Byrd? Ok, got it.
    clarification... which I personally have composed.