Talk:Missa brevis (Bach)

Missa vs. Mass, or mass?

When the article name is Missa brevis, stress on Missa, I think there should be an explanation for that term, which is the one that Bach used (File:Missa in B Minor ("Kyrie" and "Gloria" of the B Minor Mass) WDL11619.pdf), and likely his family members also. Also, why Mass, not mass, when it's used generically? ----Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:05, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• Does this edit satisfy your concern? --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:18, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Re. "Mass" or "mass": I'm not too sure myself:
  • A specific composition, like Mass in B minor, would (always) use the capitalised version afaik, like the capitalised S in Symphony in D minor for Franck's symphony;
  • Used generically, like, "Haydn composed over hundred symphonies", "symphonies" appears without a capital letter, and by analogy, I suppose (but not really sure), "Mozart composed several masses" (non-capitalised version)

Was thinking about asking at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters, they'd probably know best. --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:30, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

→ question asked: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters#For the masses --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:35, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Missa explanation is fine, thank you. We have List of masses by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart but List of Masses by Joseph Haydn, should probably clarify. I'd go with Mozart, plural is genereric, even "composed a mass" would be fine with me, and I also saw "composed a missa brevis", but yes capital when a specific work like the Mass in B minor. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:02, 21 March 2018 (UTC)