Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G Major, D 167 (Second Version)

Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Editor: Christine Martin Piano reduction: Andreas Köhs Instrumentation: Organ, SATB Choir, String Orchestra Work: Mass No. 2 in G Major, D 167 Binding: Saddle-Stitch Work Language: Latin ISMN: 9790006579686 Size: 7.5 x 10.6 inches Pages: 55 Urtext / Critical Edition Description Franz Schubert composed the Mass in G Major D 167 in March 1815. Only six months earlier, he made his public debut as a composer with his first Mass in F Major D 105. Although no specific occasion for the composition of the second mass is known, it was most likely written for Schubert's home parish in Lichtental (now a district of Vienna), where it was also first performed. The original version of the Mass in G Major was intended for string instruments only. Shortly afterwards, however, Schubert added trumpets and timpani ad libitum in a revised second version, which also forms the basis of this edition. The expanded instrumentation was probably intended for a festive church occasion – possibly one of the Easter days of 1815.