Great Mass
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The "Great Mass" is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s large-scale, unfinished sacred choral work in C minor, renowned for its dramatic intensity and intricate vocal writing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Mass canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11475968 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Mass Context triple: [Great Mass in C minor, alternativeName, Great Mass]
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A.
Ritual Masses
Ritual Masses are special Catholic liturgies celebrated for particular occasions or needs, such as sacraments, blessings, or specific pastoral circumstances.
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B.
New Order of the Mass
New Order of the Mass is the common English term for the post–Vatican II form of the Roman Catholic liturgy promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1969.
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C.
Messa di Gloria
Messa di Gloria is a liturgical musical work for choir, soloists, and orchestra by Italian composer Pietro Mascagni, reflecting his operatic style within a sacred mass setting.
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D.
Missa Papae Marcelli
Missa Papae Marcelli is a renowned 16th-century polyphonic Mass by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, celebrated as a masterpiece of Renaissance sacred music and often associated with the ideals of the Counter-Reformation.
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E.
Mozarabic Mass
The Mozarabic Mass is the principal Eucharistic liturgy of the ancient Hispanic (Mozarabic) rite, characterized by its distinctive prayers, chants, and ceremonial structure preserved primarily in Toledo, Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Mass Target entity description: The "Great Mass" is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s large-scale, unfinished sacred choral work in C minor, renowned for its dramatic intensity and intricate vocal writing.
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A.
Ritual Masses
Ritual Masses are special Catholic liturgies celebrated for particular occasions or needs, such as sacraments, blessings, or specific pastoral circumstances.
-
B.
New Order of the Mass
New Order of the Mass is the common English term for the post–Vatican II form of the Roman Catholic liturgy promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1969.
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C.
Messa di Gloria
Messa di Gloria is a liturgical musical work for choir, soloists, and orchestra by Italian composer Pietro Mascagni, reflecting his operatic style within a sacred mass setting.
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D.
Missa Papae Marcelli
Missa Papae Marcelli is a renowned 16th-century polyphonic Mass by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, celebrated as a masterpiece of Renaissance sacred music and often associated with the ideals of the Counter-Reformation.
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E.
Mozarabic Mass
The Mozarabic Mass is the principal Eucharistic liturgy of the ancient Hispanic (Mozarabic) rite, characterized by its distinctive prayers, chants, and ceremonial structure preserved primarily in Toledo, Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass (music)
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sacred choral work ⓘ unfinished musical composition ⓘ |
| approximatePremiereDate | 1783 ⓘ |
| catalogNumber |
K. 417a
ⓘ
K. 427 ⓘ
linked to:
K. 417a
|
| composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Archbishopric of Salzburg
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg
|
| dateOfComposition |
1782
ⓘ
1783 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Constanze Mozart ⓘ |
| genre | Mass ⓘ |
| hasKeyMovement |
Cum Sancto Spiritu
ⓘ
Et incarnatus est ⓘ Qui tollis ⓘ |
| hasModernCompletion | true ⓘ |
| incompleteSections |
Agnus Dei
ⓘ
Credo ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
George Frideric Handel
ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| instrumentation | orchestra ⓘ |
| isSacred | true ⓘ |
| isUnfinished | true ⓘ |
| key | C minor ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| liturgicalText | Ordinary of the Mass ⓘ |
| movement |
Benedictus
ⓘ
Credo ⓘ Gloria ⓘ Kyrie ⓘ Sanctus ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
complex choral textures
ⓘ
dramatic intensity ⓘ intricate vocal writing ⓘ virtuosic soprano solos ⓘ |
| period | Classical era ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition |
Salzburg
ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ |
| premiereLocation |
St. Peter's Abbey, Salzburg
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Peter’s Abbey, Salzburg
|
| relatedWork |
Requiem in D minor, K. 626
ⓘ
linked to:
Requiem in D minor
|
| scoringDetail |
bass soloist
ⓘ
double chorus ⓘ tenor soloist ⓘ two soprano soloists ⓘ |
| style | concert mass ⓘ |
| title |
Mass in C minor
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Mass in C minor
|
| vocalForces |
chorus
ⓘ
soloists ⓘ |
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