Completed in the last summer of Schubert's life, this Missa Solemnis was first performed posthumously in 1829 under the baton of the composer's brother Ferdinand. Though the occasion for composition cannot be clarified with certainty, the Mass is no less grand. Edited with particular attention to the original articulation, this vocal score with an easy-to-play piano reduction is based on the New Schubert Edition and comes complete with a foreword in both German and English.