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{{Infobox musical composition
| image                 = Franz Schubert c1827.jpg
| caption               = Portrait of Franz Schubert by [[Franz Eybl]] (1827)
| name                  = Mass No. 2
| composer              = [[Franz Schubert]]
| key                   = [[G major]]
| catalogue             = {{D.}} 167
| form                  = {{lang|la|[[Missa brevis]]}}
| composed              = {{Start date|1815}}
| movements             = 6
| vocal                 = {{plainlist|
* [[soprano|S]][[tenor|T]][[Bass (voice type)|B]] soloists
* [[SATB|{{abbr|SATB|soprano, alto, tenor and bass}}]] choir
}}
| instrumental          = [[string orchestra]] and [[Pipe organ|organ]]
}}

'''Mass No. 2''' in [[G major]], {{D.}} 167, by [[Franz Schubert]] was composed in less than a week in early March 1815 and remains the best known of his three [[Mass setting|short settings]], or ''missae breves'', dating between his more elaborate [[Mass No. 1 (Schubert)|No. 1]] and [[Mass No. 5 (Schubert)|No. 5]]. Apart from some passages for soprano, its solistic interventions are modest; Schubert, characteristically, inclines toward a devotional mood. The First Mass had been successfully performed in the composer's parish the year before.

==Scoring and editions==
The Second was originally modestly scored, requiring only a [[string orchestra]] and [[pipe organ|organ]] in addition to the soprano, tenor and bass soloists and the [[choir]]. It was not printed until 1845, some years after Schubert's death, and until then remained one of his less-noted compositions (so much so that that first edition was usurped by one by [[Robert Führer]], director of music at [[Prague]]'s [[St. Vitus Cathedral]], a man who eventually landed in prison for embezzlement). But a 1980s discovery at [[Klosterneuburg]] of a set of parts dated later than Schubert's full score suggests that his final thoughts about the work were on a grander scale, with [[trumpet]] and [[timpani]] parts added and minor changes throughout. (The discovery led to recordings of the work by [[Sony Classical]] and [[Carus-Verlag|Carus Classics]], in 1995 and 1996 respectively, and to Carus-Verlag's publishing of the enhanced score.) Separately, Schubert's brother Ferdinand wrote parts for [[woodwind instrument|woodwinds]], [[brass instrument|brass]] and timpani in response to the work's popularity.

==Structure==
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The mass consists of six [[movement (music)|movement]]s. Performances require approximately 22 minutes.

#"{{lang|la|Kyrie}}" {{lang|it|Andante con moto}}, G major, 3/4
#"{{lang|la|Gloria}}" {{lang|it|Allegro maestoso}}, D major, common time
#"{{lang|la|Credo}}" {{lang|it|Allegro moderato}}, G major, cut common time
#"{{lang|la|Sanctus}}" {{lang|it|Adagio moderato}}, D major, common time
#:"{{lang|la|Osanna in excelsis}}..." Allegro, 2/4
#"{{lang|la|Benedictus}}" {{lang|it|Andante grazioso}}, G major, 6/8; soprano, tenor and bass soloists in [[canon (music)|canon]] 
#:"{{lang|la|Osanna in excelsis}}..." D major, Allegro,  2/4
#"{{lang|la|Agnus Dei}}" {{lang|it|Lento}}, G major, common time

==Recordings==
*1989 — [[Dawn Upshaw]] (sop.), David Gordan (ten.), [[William Stone (baritone)|William Stone]] (bass), Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus, [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra]], no organ, [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]] — Telarc 80212
*live in 1990 — [[Barbara Bonney]] (sop.), Jorge Pita (ten.), Andreas Schmidt (bass), Wiener Staatsopernchor, [[Chamber Orchestra of Europe]], Katrine Bryndorf (organ), [[Claudio Abbado]] — [[Deutsche Grammophon]] 435 486-2
*Sept. 20-27, 1995 — Thomas Puchegger (boy sop.), Jörg Hering (ten.), [[Harry van der Kamp]] (bass), [[Wiener Sängerknaben]], [[Chorus Viennensis]], [[Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment]], Arno Hartmann (organ), [[Bruno Weil]] — Sony Classical SK 68247
*April 1996 — Edith Lienbacher (sop.), [[Alexander Kaimbacher]] (ten.), [[Anton Scharinger]] (bass), [[Wiener Kammerchor]], Orpheus Orchester Wien, Martin Nowak (organ), Johannes Prinz — [[Carus Classics]] 83.317
*live on Dec. 23, 2000 — Tatiana Lisnic (sop.), Cesare Catani (ten.), [[Ildebrando D'Arcangelo|Ildebrando d’Arcangelo]] (bass), [[Teatro alla Scala|Coro del Teatro alla Scala]], [[Teatro alla Scala|Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala]], organist unknown, [[Riccardo Muti]] — RAI-TV, no catalog number
*live on March 29, 2007 — [[Luba Orgonášová]] (sop.), [[Christian Elsner]] (ten.), Gustáv Beláček (bass), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, [[Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra|Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks]], organist unknown, [[Mariss Jansons]] — [[BR Klassik]] 900114

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mass No. 2 in G major by Franz Schubert|Mass No. 2 (Schubert)}}
* {{IMSLP2|work=Mass No.2, D.167 (Schubert, Franz)|cname=Mass No.2, D.167}}
* {{ChoralWiki|Mass No. 2 in G major, D167 (Franz Schubert)|prep=for}}

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