| Mass No. 2 | |
|---|---|
| by Franz Schubert | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Franz_Schubert_c1827.jpg) Portrait of Franz Schubert by Franz Eybl (1827) | |
| Key | G major |
| Catalogue | D 167 |
| Form | Missa brevis |
| Composed | 1815 |
| Movements | 6 |
| Vocal | |
| Instrumental | string orchestra and 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 short settings, or missae breves, dating between his more elaborate No. 1 and 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.