[dsc]

"Mozart's Coronation Mass...the Ave Verum Corpus"

Thanks for the list. Got any more?

[Desdemona]

Thanks for the list. Got any more?

Plenty. The body of music written over the centuries for the church in unparalleled. That was a steady source of income for musicians and composers. There was no TV or radio in those days. You went to church. There are some vespers pieces which are just gorgeous.

Now, we perform them in the symphony halls because the liturgy nuts have decided that it's not appropriate for Mass. Something about not everyone can sing along.... Have you tried singing some of the dreck they push?

[ninenot]

I have 180" of shelf space taken up by outstanding music for the High Mass--Ordinaries, motets, Chant, with/without orchestra, organ, soloists, English, Latin...

Haydn, Mozart, Bruckner, Peeters, Durufle, H W Zimmermann (still living...)