Czech Christmas Mass [SEP] inception
Czech Christmas Mass
Czech Christmas Mass (Czech: Česká mše vánoční; Latin: "Missa solemnis Festis Nativitatis D. J. Ch. accommodata in linguam bohemicam musikamque redacta – que redacta per Jac. Joa. Ryba") is a classic pastoral mass written by the Czech composer Jakub Jan Ryba in 1796. Because of its opening words, it is also known as Hail, Master! or Hey, Master! (in Czech: Hej, mistře!). "Czech Christmas Mass" was composed in a frame of traditional
Mass; 3 Pastorellas" – Magdalena Kožená, Robert Hugo, Capella Regia Musicalis; Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 4778365 (2009).
- Jakub Jan Ryba: "Czech Christmas Mass" (Česká mše vánoční) – Jaroslava Vymazalová, Marie Mrázová, Beno Blachut, Zdeněk Kroupa, Václav Smetáček conducting the Prague Symphony Orchestra, Josef Veselka and the Czech Philharmonic Chorus; Supraphon SU 3649 (1966).
External links.
- The magic of Czech Christmas music (Radio Prague)
- Jan Jakub Ryba: Czech Christmas