Mary Lou's Mass

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Mary Lou's Mass is a groundbreaking jazz liturgical composition by pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams that blends sacred Catholic mass texts with modern jazz idioms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic Mass setting
jazz composition
liturgical composition
associatedWith Mary Lou Williams NERFINISHED
composer Mary Lou Williams NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creatorRoleOfComposer pianist
dedicatedTo Catholic worship
genre jazz
sacred music
hasInstrumentation choir
jazz ensemble
piano
vocal soloists
hasPart Agnus Dei NERFINISHED
Credo NERFINISHED
Gloria NERFINISHED
Kyrie
Sanctus NERFINISHED
hasTheme religious devotion
sacred jazz
spirituality
influencedBy African American jazz tradition
Catholic liturgical tradition
intendedUse concert performance
liturgical performance
language English
Latin
notableFor being a pioneering jazz Mass
integration of jazz with Catholic liturgy
period 20th-century music
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
style blues
gospel influences
modern jazz idioms
swing
usesTextFrom Catholic Mass NERFINISHED
workType Mass ordinary setting

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Mary Lou Williams notableWork Mary Lou's Mass