Messe in G (Tambling)
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| Messe in G | |
|---|---|
| Missa brevis by Christopher Tambling | |
 The composer in 2011 | |
| Key | G major |
| Form | Missa brevis |
| Text | Mass ordinary |
| Language | Latin |
| Composed | 2013 |
| Dedication | St. Cyriakus |
| Published | 2014 |
| Movements | five |
| Vocal | SATB choir |
| Instrumental | orchestra and organ |
Messe in G is a mass in G major by the English composer Christopher Tambling. He composed it in 2013, scored for mixed choir and organ, optionally also with orchestra. The congregation is meant to participate, singing the theme of the Gloria as a refrain, and the theme of the Sanctus. The mass was first published in 2014.
Tambling, a church musician and music pedagogue, was described as "a great believer in making church music accessible". In Messe in G, he set the Latin text of the mass ordinary, without the Credo, which makes it a formally a short mass or missa brevis.[1] The congregation can optionally participate in the Gloria and the Sanctus.[1] Tambling dedicated it to the church St. Cyriakus in Schwäbisch Gmünd-Bettringen. The mass was first published in 2014 by Dr. J. Butz.[2][3] The mass, like Tambling's other sacred music, is popular in Germany.[4]
