Missa São Sebastião
Missa São Sebastião = Mass of St. Sebastian
- Kyrie - Sebastian! The Virtuous
- Gloria - Sebastian! The Roman Soldier
- Credo - Sebastian! Defender Of The Church
- Sanctus - Sebastian! The Martyr
- Benedictus - Sebastian! The Saint
- Agnus Dei - Sebastian! Protector Of Brazil
"Villa-Lobos's Mass of Saint Sebastian, written in 1937, is a work of great religious fervor, composed with technical skill."
- Henry Cowell, The Musical Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr., 1953), pp. 340-342
The work is dedicated to Frei Pedro Sinzig.
See:
"Heitor Villa-Lobos : Missa São Sebastião e Bendita Sabedoria, um estudo para a interpretação,"
by Eduardo Augusto Ostergren; Eduardo Augusto Ostergren [Orientador]; Josani Keunecke Pimenta
Three-part chorus
Villa-Lobos, Heitor. 1937. Missa São Sebastião = Mass in honor of Saint Sebastian : for 3-part choir, a cappella, of women's voices, boy's voices or men's voices. New York: Associated Music Publishers.
Mass In Honor Of St Sebastian A Cappella Latin
Heitor Villa-Lobos
The autograph score (40 pp.) is in the Museu Villa-Lobos.
There were 10 records in the Villa-Lobos Concerts database as of March 2011, representing performances of the whole work or of individual movements.