LC control no. | gf2014026926 |
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Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
Genre/Form term | Masses |
See also | Event music Sacred music Missals (Service books) Organ masses |
Scope note | Musical settings of the Mass in its entirety or for the Mass ordinary. For chants of the Mass propers see Propers (Music). For collections of versets for the organ that replace parts of the Ordinary and Proper of the Mass and are played in alternations with the other portions see Organ masses. |
Subject example tracing | Note under Propers (Music); Organ masses |
Found in | Grove music online, viewed August 10, 2014 (The term most commonly used to describe the early Christian and medieval Latin eucharistic service. It has been retained within Catholicism during modern times. The plainchant of the medieval Mass, and the polyphonic music of the Mass between the 12th and 16th centuries, are central to the history of Western music. The polyphonic Mass Ordinary of the Renaissance is one of the more important genres of European art music.) |