The Great Mass in C minor (German: Große Messe in c-Moll), K. 427 (K. 417a), is a musical setting of the Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The mass in C minor was composed in 1782 and 1783 in Vienna. The large-scale work, set for two soprano soloists, a tenor and a bass, double chorus and large orchestra, remained unfinished.
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