Duration: 8'30" Ensemble: SATB organ Grading: Medium/Difficult |
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Fauré's Messe Basse is based heavily on a previous mass
setting he had written in collaboration with his pupil André
Messager in 1881, called Messe des Pêcheurs de Villerville
(Mass of the Villerville Fisherman), scored for ladies' voices &
chamber orchestra.
Fauré later removed his Gloria, and replaced Messager's
Kyrie with a new one of his own. He also removed Messager's O
Salutaris. The resulting piece was published under the title
Messe Basse in 1907.
Ben Costello has here adapted Messe Basse for SATB & organ,
making it available to a wider range of choirs & congregations.