Kevin Sutton ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>The B minor mass has *no* liturgical significance.  It is a show piece
>which Bach compoesed for no intention other than to get a job.

Ah, which job would this be Kevin? Given that the work was assembled by
Bach from largely previously existing movements - the Sanctus from 1724,
the Kyrie and Gloria from 1733 - and that the last four pieces (according
the Grove) were added in 1748-9, only a year or two before Bach's death,
it seems unlikely.

Deryk Barker
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