Messe g-Moll BWV 235 / Messe G-Dur BWV 236

Messe g-Moll BWV 235 and Messe G-Dur BWV 236 are short mass settings by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed circa 1738–1739. They are concise liturgical works that adapt movements from his cantatas, combining solo and choral writing with Baroque contrapuntal textures and instrumental continuo, and they occupy a place in Bach's output as compact parish masses distinct from his later, more extended mass compositions.