Missa brevis (Palestrina)

Missa brevis
Mass by Palestrina
The composer
Published1570 (1570)
ScoringSATB choir

The Missa brevis is a mass written by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina first published in 1570 in Palestrina's Third Book of Masses and reprinted several times since. Its title may be misleading, as a missa brevis commonly refers to a short mass, which this is not. It is among the most performed of Palestrina's polyphonic repertoire.

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