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Kyrie · Andante ben moderato - Credo · Allegro giusto - Sanctus · Moderatamente mosso - Benedictus · Molto sostenuto - Agnus Dei · Appena mosso, espressivo
for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Nino Rota's Mass was composed in Rome in 1962, the very same year when the Second Vatican Council formally opened in 1962, whose fundamental changes regarding the use of liturgical music directly found expression in Rota's work: As a result, the anticipation of Christmas was to be expressed by pure a cappella works without accompaniment in the Advent season.
Kyrie · Andante ben moderato - Credo · Allegro giusto - Sanctus · Moderatamente mosso - Benedictus · Molto sostenuto - Agnus Dei · Appena mosso, espressivo