Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers

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Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers is a large-scale, genre-blending stage work by Leonard Bernstein that combines classical, theatrical, and popular music elements in a dramatic setting of the Roman Catholic Mass.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert work
musical composition
stage work
theatrical composition
alsoKnownAs Bernstein Mass
basedOn Roman Catholic Mass
commissionedBy Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
commissionedFor opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
composer Leonard Bernstein
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dedicatedTo memory of John F. Kennedy
form theatre piece
genre classical music
jazz
musical theatre
popular music
rock
sacred music
theatre
hasPart Agnus Dei
Credo
Gloria
Kyrie
Sanctus
language English
Latin
notableRecording Deutsche Grammophon recording conducted by Leonard Bernstein
period 20th century
premiereCity Washington, D.C.
premiereDate 1971-09-08
premierePlace Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
surface form: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
publisher Boosey & Hawkes
scoring boy soprano
celebrant (baritone)
children’s choir
dancers
marching band
mixed chorus
orchestra
rock band
street singers
shortTitle Mass
structure setting of the Mass Ordinary with additional texts
subject crisis of belief
doubt
faith
social unrest
textAuthor Leonard Bernstein
Stephen Schwartz
title Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers self-link

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Mass alternativeTitle Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers
Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers title Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers self-link