Große Messe c-moll KV 427

The Große Messe in c‑moll, K.427 (often called the Great Mass in C minor), is a mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed in 1782–1783. The work combines choral and operatic solo writing with Classical-era orchestral textures, characterised by dramatic contrasts, contrapuntal choral writing and lyrical solo passages, and, though unfinished, occupies a position in Mozart's output between his operatic activity and his later liturgical compositions.