Mass No. 5 in A-flat Major, D. 678

Composer: SCHUBERT, Franz
  • Schubert spent seven years completing Mass No. 5, beginning the piece in 1819, finishing the first version in 1822, and revising the piece in 1826. He considered his fifth Mass setting to be the finest one he wrote (six in total).1
    • Fun fact – Schubert’s Mass No. 5 was written during the same timeframe that Beethoven was writing his Missa solemnis (though there’s no evidence that Schubert was inspired by or even aware of Beethoven’s work).2
  • Mass No. 5 was written for SATB soloists, choir, and orchestra.
  • Six movements:
    1. Kyrie
    2. Gloria
    3. Credo
    4. Sanctus
    5. Benedictus
    6. Agnus Dei3

Sources

  1. Keith Anderson, Notes in accompanying booklet, SCHUBERT, F.: Mass No. 5 in A-Flat Major / Magnificat, D. 486 performed by the Immortal Bach Ensemble conducted by Morten Schuldt-Jensen, Naxos 8.572114, 2011, compact disc.
  2. Maurice J.E. Brown, Eric Sams, and Robert Winter, “Schubert, Franz,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed March 23, 2026, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000025109.
  3. “Mass in A-flat major, D.678 (Schubert, Franz),” IMSLP, accessed March 23, 2026, https://imslp.org/wiki/Mass_in_A-flat_major,_D.678_(Schubert,_Franz).

Cut IDs

45975