[KenOC]

I voted for the B minor mass because it is simply one of the most profound artifices of human expression I have ever heard.

The B-minor Mass has some good tunes, but the Messiah has it beat. But the tunes in the SMP beat either!

 

[science]

The B-minor Mass has some good tunes, but the Messiah has it beat. But the tunes in the SMP beat either!

Does it reduce to tunes?

 

[hpowders]

That comment completely tuned me out by the way. The Bach B Minor Mass is better than THAT!!!

I see it simply as a comment from a "pot-stirrer". :tiphat:

 

[Celloman]

That comment completely tuned me out by the way. The Bach B Minor Mass is better than THAT!!!

I quite agree. That comment was way off pitch!

 

[Headphone Hermit]

Hey Bach! Hey Handel!! Keep it pithy!! You think all I have to do is sit around all day for hours to listen???

have you got the cover of Bach by the Ramones? No track longer than two minutes

 

[Headphone Hermit]

Voted for the Mass. I wonder why almost everyone has heard of Handel's Messiah but I get a blank stare when I mention Bach's Mass or even Mozart's Requiem Mass.

if it is in the english-speaking world, then Messiah is better known because it is in English and you can sing along without getting (many of) the words wrong, perhaps?

 

[Xaltotun]

The Mass and it's not even a contest, a very unfair comparison.

 

[SixFootScowl]

The Mass and it's not even a contest, a very unfair comparison.

It really is apples to oranges. I want both, but will take my mass by Beethoven.

 

[SanAntone]

B Minor Mass - no brainer.

 

[Wilhelm Theophilus]

why just these two pieces? I prefer Mozart's Requiem.

 

[Phil loves classical]

George's Messiah easily for me.

 

[JTS]

I have no idea why we are called upon to choose between two such completely different works.

 

[Bulldog]

I have no idea why we are called upon to choose between two such completely different works.

The time periods are similar, both are sacred choral works, and the works/composers are extremely popular. What more do you want?

 

[Red Terror]

Nothing beats Bach.

 

[JTS]

The time periods are similar, both are sacred choral works, and the works/composers are extremely popular. What more do you want?

But that is where the similarity ends. They are completely different forms.

 

[Bulldog]

But that is where the similarity ends. They are completely different forms.

Please explain.......................

 

[JTS]

Please explain.......................

I would have thought it obvious.

 

[Bulldog]

I would have thought it obvious.

The only thing obvious to me is that you offer no answer to your premise.

 

[SixFootScowl]

Handel's Messian. Even if the mass were Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, I would still pick Messiah. But would rather have both.

 

[starthrower]

Messiah during the Christmas holiday season, and the B minor mass at other times of the year. But I don't listen to Handel for the most part.