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Sacred music is music that is written by a composer that is religious. A mass is a type of sacred music, it is a choral composition and also is a very religious type of music. To compose a full mass, there must be some sections that it must have. These sections are, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei. All of these sections have meaning that is brought out through them, they are: Kyrie: Lord have mercy, Gloria: Glory to the god in the highest, Credo: I believe in one God, Sanctus: Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts, Benedictus: Blessed is He and Angnus Dei: Lamb of God. All of these meaning put together, it makes the liturgy of the Eucharist. Unfortunately Beethoven didn't write many masses, in his lifetime he only wrote two.

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