Missa Brevis - Lutheran Missa

Lutheran Missa

Johann Sebastian Bach and other Lutherans composed works called Missa consisting only of Kyrie in Greek and Gloria in Latin. These masses came to be called Missa brevis because they are shorter in words, the opposite being Missa tota (complete Mass).

Bach wrote four so-called Lutherische Messen" and the Missa for Dresden (composed 1733) that later became part of his only missa tota, to be called Mass in B minor.

The four masses are

• Missa in F major, BWV 233, scored for horns, oboes, bassoon, strings, SATB, basso continuo
• Missa in A major, BWV 234, scored for flute, strings, SATB, basso continuo
• Missa in G minor, BWV 235, scored for oboes, strings, SATB, basso continuo
• Missa in G major, BWV 236, scored for oboes, strings, SATB, basso continuo

see also main article: Missa (Bach)

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel wrote a Deutsche Messe on the words of Kyrie and Gloria in German.