Mass

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musical composition stage work theatrical work

Mass is a large-scale theatrical work by Leonard Bernstein that blends elements of classical music, musical theater, and religious liturgy to explore themes of faith and doubt.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
alternativeTitle Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers ⓘ
basedOn Catholic Mass ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Mass
commissionedBy Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ⓘ
commissionedFor inauguration of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
composer Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre classical music ⓘ
liturgical drama ⓘ
musical theater ⓘ
theatre piece ⓘ
includes celebrant ⓘ
children’s choir ⓘ
marching band ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
street chorus ⓘ
incorporatesStyle Broadway-style musical theater ⓘ
atonal music ⓘ
blues ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
rock ⓘ
twelve-tone techniques ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
librettist Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
Stephen Schwartz ⓘ
notableRecording 1971 original cast recording ⓘ
Deutsche Grammophon recording conducted by Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
period 20th-century music ⓘ
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 ⓘ
structure Agnus Dei ⓘ
Credo ⓘ
Gloria ⓘ
Kyrie ⓘ
Sanctus ⓘ
prologue ⓘ
style eclectic ⓘ
subjectOf controversy over religious content ⓘ
theme doubt ⓘ
faith ⓘ
religion ⓘ
spiritual crisis ⓘ
title Mass ⓘ

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