Talk:Mass (Bernstein)

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I took part in a live performance of Mass many years ago, and I'm certain that the last words "The Mass is ended: go in peace" are actually heard over pre-recorded tape: they are not spoken live by the Celebrant. Feel free to correct if anyone has an authoritative source. Grover cleveland 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Huh. I took part in a live performance as well, 1988 at Tanglewood, and I'm certain that the Celebrant spoke it live. However, our production didn't have an "altar server" either. Perhaps it varies depending on production? NerwenGreen 05:42, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I'd have to go look, but I'm pretty sure that the booklet of the recording from a couple years ago (on Harmonia Mundi) mentions that it's pre-recorded, and IIRC is Bernstein himself. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ 11:41, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


 * (Ok, two months later I look)....it just says those final words are "on tape", so yeah. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ 12:12, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Article title
Shouldn't this more properly be Mass (Bernstein)? Other masses are dab'd by composer's name.... &mdash;  Music  Maker  5376  17:16, 17 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I changed it. &mdash;   Music  Maker  5376  23:27, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


 * This should not necessarily follow the convention used for other masses. It's not in fact a mass, but a theatrical piece titled Mass. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VAMark (talk • contribs) 21:34, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Instrumentation
Regarding the instrumentation, there is an acoustic piano used at bar 35 of 'Meditation no. 2', and also used to accompany the 'Our Father' (in unison with the Celebrant), yet it does not appear on the list of instruments, even in the official score! Why is this? 78.105.33.217 (talk) 00:01, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Reception
Shouldn't the article have a section on how it was received? What do critics and others think of it? 206.53.197.24 (talk) 15:13, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

European Premier
Is there a source for the info about the European premier of the piece? The Yale Symphony Orchestra claims to have given the European premier almost a decade earlier:

"The Yale Symphony Orchestra put itself on the map when it toured France in 1971, thereby making not only its international debut but its very first appearance outside of New Haven. Its international stature grew considerably with the June, 1973 European premiere of Leonard Bernstein's controversial "Mass" at the Weiner Konzerthaus." here Masily box (talk) 13:45, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

I have just posted a short description of the European Premier performance, in which I took part as a soloist in the Street Chorus while a student at Yale, Class of 1975. My recollection is that we performed in July, but I will check the dates. The Yale Symphony Orchestra did indeed achieve a major coup by being Bernstein's choice for the performance, following his enthusiastic endorsement of Mauceri's interpretation in New Haven. The director, James Schaeffer, was then also a Yale wunderkind. Hewittarch (talk) 00:29, 23 November 2011 (UTC)Mark Alan Hewitt User: Hewittarch 22 Nov. 2011

FBI note
There is an "FBI warning" section here, but if I go to Leonard Bernstein's page, I only find an external link referring to FBI. Should the FBI file be mentioned within the Leonard Bernstein article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 21:37, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

My Latin certainly isn't up to it, but has someone checked the piece's Latin text to see if any of the supposedly subversive content was really present? — Preceding unsigned comment added by VAMark (talk • contribs) 21:08, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

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Need to hear more 73.135.35.151 (talk) 16:50, 28 September 2022 (UTC)