Renaissance mass

C44920
concept

A Renaissance mass is a large-scale, multi-movement sacred musical setting of the Catholic liturgy, typically for voices, characterized by imitative polyphony and based on techniques such as cantus firmus, parody, or paraphrase.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Renaissance mass canonical 4
Renaissance polyphonic Mass 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Renaissance mass
Generated description
A Renaissance mass is a large-scale, multi-movement sacred musical setting of the Catholic liturgy, typically for voices, characterized by imitative polyphony and based on techniques such as cantus firmus, parody, or paraphrase.

Instances (5)

Instance Via concept surface
Missa super Mon coeur se recommande à vous
Missa Super La dolce vista
Missa Aeterna Christi Munera Renaissance polyphonic Mass
Missa Mille Regretz
Missa L’homme armé
surface form: Missa L’homme armé (Morales)