Messe de Minuit pour Noël, H.9

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Messe de Minuit pour Noël, H.9 is a Baroque Christmas Midnight Mass by French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier that incorporates traditional French noël melodies into the liturgical setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composition
Christmas Mass
Mass
sacred music composition
associatedWithFeast Christmas NERFINISHED
associatedWithSeason Christmastide
cataloguedBy Hugh Wiley Hitchcock NERFINISHED
composedInCentury 17th century
composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
genre Baroque music
liturgical music
sacred music
hasAlternativeClassification Mass for four voices and instruments
hasApproximateDuration about 25–30 minutes
hasCatalogueNumber H.9
hasCulturalContext French devotional and popular Christmas traditions
hasKeyCharacteristic contrasting sections for soloists and choir
dance-like rhythms derived from noëls
use of French folk-like Christmas tunes in a liturgical context
hasLiturgicalFunction Eucharistic celebration of Christmas Midnight Mass
hasTitle Messe de Minuit pour Noël NERFINISHED
hasWorkNumberingSystem Hitchcock catalogue NERFINISHED
incorporates French Christmas carol melodies
intendedLiturgicalOccasion Christmas Midnight Mass
language Latin
liturgicalTextLanguage Latin
movement Agnus Dei NERFINISHED
Credo
Gloria NERFINISHED
Kyrie
Sanctus
notableFeature integration of popular French noël melodies into the Mass Ordinary
originallyIntendedPerformanceContext church service
period French Baroque
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
scoring voices and instruments
style parody Mass using noël tunes
textSource Roman Catholic Mass Ordinary NERFINISHED
titleLanguage French
usesMelodicMaterialFrom traditional French noëls

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Marc-Antoine Charpentier notableWork Messe de Minuit pour Noël, H.9