Ka cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1837, Adrien de Gasparin, Ministan Harkokin Cikin Gida na Faransa, ya gaya wa Berlioz ya rubuta Misa don tunawa da sojojin da suka mutu a
Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Juyin Berlioz ya yarda da bukatar, tun da yake yana son ya hada wani babban aiki na orchestral. A halin yanzu, ƙungiyar mawaƙa tana girma cikin girma da inganci, kuma amfani da katako da tagulla yana faɗaɗa saboda sauƙin sauƙin sautin da kayan kida na zamani ke bayarwa. Berlioz daga baya ya rubuta, "idan an yi barazanar hallaka dukkan ayyukan na sai dai daya, zan nemi jinƙai ga "Messe des morts"." An soke wannan wasan kwaikwayon don tunawa da sojojin da suka mutu a juyin juya halin 1830. Ba da daɗewa ba bikin tunawa da mutuwar Janar Damrémont da sojojin da aka kashe a Siege of Constantine ya ba da damar ga farkon a Les Invalides, wanda François Habeneck ya gudanar a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1837