Joseph Ohnewald (1781 - 1856) was a German composer
born in Heuchlingen, Germany. After studying at
Augsburg (1804, "Hoc tempore Rhetorices Studiosus"), he
went back to Heuchlingen in 1811, took over his
deceased father's Store and became Kapellmeister of the
local Catholic church.
The English noun mass is derived from Middle Latin
missa. The Latin word was adopted in Old English as
mæsse (via a Vulgar Latin form *messa), and was
sometimes glossed as sendnes (i.e. 'a sending,
dismissi...(+)
Joseph Ohnewald (1781 - 1856) was a German composer
born in Heuchlingen, Germany. After studying at
Augsburg (1804, "Hoc tempore Rhetorices Studiosus"), he
went back to Heuchlingen in 1811, took over his
deceased father's Store and became Kapellmeister of the
local Catholic church.
The English noun mass is derived from Middle Latin
missa. The Latin word was adopted in Old English as
mæsse (via a Vulgar Latin form *messa), and was
sometimes glossed as sendnes (i.e. 'a sending,
dismission').The Latin term missa itself was in use by
the 6th century. It is most likely derived from the
concluding formula Ite, missa est ("Go; the dismissal
is made"); missa here is a Late Latin substantive
corresponding to classical missio.
The missa as form of sacred musical composition, is a
choral composition that sets the invariable portions of
the Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the
Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and
Lutheranism) to music. Most masses are settings of the
liturgy in Latin, the liturgical sacred language of the
Catholic Church's Roman liturgy, but there are a
significant number written in the languages of
non-Catholic countries where vernacular worship has
long been the norm. For example, there are many masses
(often called "communion services") written in English
for the Church of England. Musical masses take their
name from the Catholic liturgy called "the mass" as
well.
Masses can be a cappella, that is, without an
independent accompaniment, or they can be accompanied
by instrumental obbligatos up to and including a full
orchestra. Many masses, especially later ones, were
never intended to be performed during the celebration
of an actual mass.
Source: Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Ohnewald).
Although originally composed for Accompanied Chorus , I
created this Interpretation of the Missa in D Major
(No. 4) for Winds (Flute, Oboe, English Horn & Bassoon)
& Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello).
