Igor Stravinsky composed his Mass between 1944 and 1948. This 19-minute setting of the Roman Catholic Mass exhibits the austere, Neoclassic, anti-Romantic aesthetic that characterizes his work from about 1923 to 1951. The Mass also represents one of only a handful of extant pieces by Stravinsky that was not commissioned. As such, part of the motivation behind its composition has been cited by Robert Craft and others as the product of a spiritual necessity.
| Date of composition | 1948 (1944-1948) |
| Premiered | 1948, October 27th (La Scala) in Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy |
| Type | Mass |
| Approx. duration | 19 minutes |
| Spoken language | Latin |
| Instruments |
Chorus/Choir
Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Igor Stravinsky: Mass Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Mass Igor Strawinsky: Mass |