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Composition by Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky composed his Mass between 1944 and 1948. This 19-minute setting of the Roman Catholic Mass exhibits the austere, Neoclassic, anti-Romantic
Mass_(Stravinsky)
Topics referred to by the same term
also refer to: Mass (band), an English post-punk band Mass (music), a choral composition that sets liturgical text to music Mass (Stravinsky), a composition
Mass_(disambiguation)
Russian composer (1882–1971)
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French (from 1934) and American citizenship
Igor_Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor known for being one of the most important and influential figures in twentieth-century classical
List of compositions by Igor Stravinsky
List_of_compositions_by_Igor_Stravinsky
2009 French film
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is a 2009 French romantic drama film directed by Jan Kounen. It was chosen as the Closing Film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
Coco_Chanel_&_Igor_Stravinsky
Wife of Igor Stravinsky (1881–1939)
Yekaterina Gavrilovna Stravinsky (née Nosenko; January 25, 1881 – March 2, 1939) was a Russian and French painter and amanuensis who was the cousin and
Yekaterina_Stravinsky
American pianist (1910–1994)
Sviatoslav Igorevich Soulima Stravinsky (23 September 1910 – 28 November 1994) was a Swiss and American pianist, composer, and musicologist. As a pianist
Soulima_Stravinsky
1910 ballet by Igor Stravinsky
is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets
The_Firebird
1907 vocalise by Igor Stravinsky
Pastorale (Russian: Пастораль) is a vocalise written by Igor Stravinsky in 1907. Stravinsky composed it at his family's estate in Ustilug, Ukraine; under
Pastorale_(Stravinsky)
Composition by Igor Stravinsky
The Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments was written by Igor Stravinsky in Paris in 1923–24. This work was revised in 1950. It was composed four years
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (Stravinsky)
Concerto_for_Piano_and_Wind_Instruments_(Stravinsky)
1916 chamber opera-ballet
for four male voices and 16 instrumentalists written in 1916 by Igor Stravinsky. Its original Russian text, by the composer, derives from a folk tale
Renard_(Stravinsky)
Russian operatic bass and actor (1843–1902)
Fyodor Ignatyevich Stravinsky (Russian: Фёдор Игнатьевич Страви́нский) (20 June [O.S. 8 June] 1843, estate Novy Dvor (Aleksichi), Rechitsky Uyezd, Minsk
Fyodor_Stravinsky
15-minute composition by Igor Stravinsky
partial setting of the Roman Catholic requiem mass, with the six vocal movements in Latin. It is from Stravinsky's serial period, but it has elements from all
Requiem_Canticles
1930 symphony by Igor Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms is a choral symphony in three movements composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1930 during his neoclassical period. The work was commissioned by Serge
Symphony_of_Psalms
Ballet by Igor Stravinsky
Svadebka (Russian: Свадебка)), is a Russian-language ballet-cantata by Igor Stravinsky scored unusually for four vocal soloists, chorus, percussion and four
Les_noces
1913 ballet by Igor Stravinsky
is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets
The_Rite_of_Spring
1911 ballet by Igor Stravinsky
(French: Petrouchka; Russian: Петрушка) is a ballet by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1911 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets
Petrushka_(ballet)
1943 orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky
Natalie Koussevitzky) is an orchestral work from 1943 composed by Igor Stravinsky. Prior to its completion, the score's working title had been Triads. In
Ode_(Stravinsky)
Musical composition by Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky of verses from the Book of Lamentations in the Latin of the Vulgate, for solo singers, chorus and orchestra. It is Stravinsky's first
Threni_(Stravinsky)
American conductor and writer (1923–2015)
He is best known for his intimate professional relationship with Igor Stravinsky, on which Craft drew in producing numerous recordings and books. Craft
Robert_Craft
1953–1957 ballet by Igor Stravinsky
ballet for twelve dancers with music by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed by George Balanchine. Stravinsky began composition in December 1953 but was
Agon_(ballet)
Igor Stravinsky in 1944. Babel was written on commission from Nathaniel Shilkret, a conductor, composer and music director, who asked Stravinsky to contribute
Babel_(Stravinsky)
Musical work composed by Igor Stravinsky
expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky. The Symphony in C had been infrequently performed in the composer's lifetime; Stravinsky noted that for several years
Symphony_in_C_(Stravinsky)
1928 ballet by Igor Stravinsky based on themes by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
is a neoclassical ballet in one act and four scenes composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1928 and revised in 1950 for George Balanchine and the New York City
Le_baiser_de_la_fée
Russian and Swiss painter (1907–1989)
was born in Saint Petersburg in 1907. His father was the composer Igor Stravinsky, who at the time of his son's birth was still under the private tutelage
Théodore_Strawinsky
Artist and wife of Igor Stravinsky (1889–1982)
Vera de Bosset Stravinsky (January 7, 1889 – September 17, 1982) was an American dancer and artist. She is better known as the second wife of composer
Vera_de_Bosset
1927–1928 ballet by Igor Stravinsky
neoclassical ballet in two tableaux composed between 1927 and 1928 by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed in 1928 by twenty-four-year-old George Balanchine
Apollo_(ballet)
1966 song by Igor Stravinsky
by Igor Stravinsky in 1966, based on the eponymous text by Edward Lear. It is Stravinsky's final completed original composition. Stravinsky had known
The Owl and the Pussy Cat (Stravinsky)
The_Owl_and_the_Pussy_Cat_(Stravinsky)
Mass for the dead
'rest') or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead (Latin: Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead (Latin: Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic
Requiem
1920 ballet by Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella is a 21-section ballet by Igor Stravinsky with arias for soprano, tenor and bass vocal soloists, and two sung trios. It is based on the 18th-century
Pulcinella_(ballet)
Russian art critic and impresario (1872–1929)
Igor Stravinsky. Diaghilev heard Stravinsky's early orchestral works Fireworks and Scherzo fantastique, and was impressed enough to ask Stravinsky to arrange
Sergei_Diaghilev
1944 composition for solo viola by Igor Stravinsky
Elegy is a composition by Igor Stravinsky for solo viola composed in 1944. It was dedicated to the memory of Alphonse Onnou, the founder of the Pro Arte
Elegy_(Stravinsky)
D'vo) is a short motet for SATB chorus by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky, though in his later years came to be a practicing member of the
Ave_Maria_(Stravinsky)
This is a listing of all of Igor Stravinsky's commercially released studio recordings as a conductor or as a pianist; it also includes recordings conducted
Igor_Stravinsky_discography
Theatrical composition by Igor Stravinsky
one or more dancers, and a septet of instruments. Its music is by Igor Stravinsky and its libretto, in French, by Swiss writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz;
L'Histoire_du_soldat
1898 unfinished piano work by Igor Stravinsky
The "Tarantella" by Igor Stravinsky is an unfinished 16-measure fragment for piano composed on October 14, 1898. It is his earliest surviving attempt at
Tarantella_(Stravinsky)
1942 orchestral polka by Igor Stravinsky
Elephant was written by Igor Stravinsky in 1942, and scored for wind band and Hammond organ by David Raksin. Stravinsky wrote it for a ballet production
Circus_Polka
Composition for solo clarinet and jazz ensemble by Igor Stravinsky
Ebony Concerto is a musical composition by Igor Stravinsky, commissioned by jazz musician Woody Herman and completed on December 1, 1945. It is one in
Ebony_Concerto_(Stravinsky)
Itinerant ballet company (1909–1929)
several fields. Diaghilev commissioned works from composers such as Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, Sergei Prokofiev, Erik Satie, and Maurice Ravel, artists
Ballets_Russes
Poème symphonique by Igor Stravinsky
1921, is a poème symphonique by Igor Stravinsky adapted in 1917 from his 1914 opera The Nightingale. Stravinsky's first opera, The Nightingale was based
Le_chant_du_rossignol
Opera by Igor Stravinsky
English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely
The_Rake's_Progress
Serenade in A is a work for solo piano by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Completed on September 9, 1925, in Vienna and published by Boosey & Hawkes
Serenade_(Stravinsky)
the part of Stravinsky, which is why it is often entitled a "re-scoring" by other Stravinsky experts. This was not the first time Stravinsky orchestrated
Bluebird_Pas_de_Deux
Music for the Requiem Mass is any music that accompanies the Requiem, or Mass for the Dead, in the Catholic Church. This church service has inspired hundreds
Music_for_the_Requiem_Mass
1945 symphony by Igor Stravinsky
in Three Movements is a work by Russian expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky wrote the symphony from 1942–45 on commission by the Philharmonic
Symphony_in_Three_Movements
1937 ballet by Igor Stravinsky
Game, Game of Cards, or Card Party) is a ballet in "three deals" by Igor Stravinsky based on a libretto he co-wrote with Nikita Malayev, a friend of his eldest
Jeu_de_cartes_(Stravinsky)
Scherzo in G minor, is one of Igor Stravinsky's earliest works for piano. It was composed in 1902. In 1902, when Stravinsky composed the piece, he was studying
Scherzo_(Stravinsky)
1949 book
sections focusing predominantly on the composers Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky, respectively. In the introduction, Adorno presents the issue motivating
Philosophy_of_New_Music
and orchestra composed in 1962–63 by Igor Stravinsky. When the Israel Festival Committee asked Stravinsky for a new work, he decided to set the story
Abraham and Isaac (Stravinsky)
Abraham_and_Isaac_(Stravinsky)
Choral-orchestral piece composed by Igor Stravinsky
Nominis is a 17-minute choral-orchestral piece composed in 1955 by Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) in tribute "To the City of Venice, in praise of its Patron
Canticum_Sacrum
Piano piece by Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It is one of Stravinsky's most recorded works for piano. After settling in Hollywood, Stravinsky was unable to bring the
Tango_(Stravinsky)
Symphony by Igor Stravinsky
The Symphony in E♭, Op. 1, is the first published work composed by Igor Stravinsky during his apprenticeship with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. It is also his
Symphony in E-flat (Stravinsky)
Symphony_in_E-flat_(Stravinsky)
1931 composition by Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky's Violin Concerto in D is a neoclassical violin concerto in four movements, composed in the summer of 1931 and premiered on October 23
Violin_Concerto_(Stravinsky)
American polymath (1878–1943)
his skills. The last of these was Igor Stravinsky, with whom he studied regularly from 1941 to 1943. Stravinsky and his wife, Vera, were grateful to Andersson
Earnest_Andersson
1964 composition by Igor Stravinsky
is a piece of vocal music composed by the Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky in 1964, commemorating the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
Elegy_for_J.F.K.
Topics referred to by the same term
(Penderecki) Requiem (Schnittke); see Flexatone § Uses Requiem Canticles (Stravinsky) Requiem (Verdi) Messa per Rossini (a collective work by 13 composers)
Tuba_mirum_(disambiguation)
Melodrama in three scenes by Igor Stravinsky
speaker, solo singers, chorus, dancers and orchestra with music by Igor Stravinsky and a libretto by André Gide. It was first performed under the direction
Perséphone_(Stravinsky)
Musical composition by Igor Stravinsky
and Orchestra was written by Igor Stravinsky in Nice between 1926 and 1929. The score was revised in 1949. Stravinsky designed the Capriccio to be a virtuosic
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
Capriccio_for_Piano_and_Orchestra
Neoclassical piano composition
Concerto per due pianoforti soli) is a composition by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was finished on November 9, 1935 and, together with his Sonata for
Concerto for Two Pianos (Stravinsky)
Concerto_for_Two_Pianos_(Stravinsky)
piano, violin, viola and cello is a chamber music composition by Igor Stravinsky. The septet was composed between July 1952 and February 1953, and the
Septet_(Stravinsky)
Polytonal device in the works of Igor Stravinsky
The Petrushka chord is a recurring polytonal device featured in Igor Stravinsky's 1911 ballet Petrushka, as well as in later compositions. It consists
Petrushka_chord
Scherzo à la russe is a composition by Russian expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky. It was initially published by Chappell & Co. in 1945 and premiered in
Scherzo à la russe (Stravinsky)
Scherzo_à_la_russe_(Stravinsky)
1962 musical stage production by Igor Stravinsky
› The Flood: A musical play (1962) is a short biblical drama by Igor Stravinsky on the story of Noah and the flood, originally conceived as a work for
The_Flood_(Stravinsky)
1944 composition by Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, premiered in 1944 by Richard Johnston and Nadia Boulanger. First conceived as a solo work, Stravinsky needed to write it
Sonata for Two Pianos (Stravinsky)
Sonata_for_Two_Pianos_(Stravinsky)
the composer Igor Stravinsky for the pianist Arthur Rubinstein. Sergei Diaghilev, who had commissioned The Firebird from Stravinsky for his new ballet
Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
Trois_mouvements_de_Petrouchka
Music genre
(proceeding partly from the influence of Erik Satie and represented by Igor Stravinsky, who was in fact Russian-born) and German (proceeding from the "New Objectivity"
Neoclassicism_(music)
1964 orchestral composition by Igor Stravinsky
Variations: Aldous Huxley in memoriam is Igor Stravinsky's last major orchestral composition, written in 1963–64. Stravinsky began work on the Variations in Santa
Variations: Aldous Huxley in memoriam
Variations:_Aldous_Huxley_in_memoriam
Opera by Igor Stravinsky
(Russian: Соловей, romanized: Solovey) is a short opera in three acts by Igor Stravinsky to a Russian-language libretto by him and Stepan Mitusov, based on a tale
The_Nightingale_(opera)
1920 work for winds by Igor Stravinsky
title: Symphonies d'instruments à vent) is a concert work written by Igor Stravinsky in 1920, for an ensemble of woodwind and brass instruments. The piece
Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Symphonies_of_Wind_Instruments
Form of sacred musical composition
Mass by Igor Stravinsky Mass by Leonard Bernstein Bộ lễ Seraphim (1960) by Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà War Requiem (1962) by Benjamin Britten Mass for mixed chorus
Mass_(music)
1908 orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky
Фейерверк, romanized: Feyerverk, lit. 'Fireworks') is a composition by Igor Stravinsky, written in 1908 and described by the composer as a "short orchestral
Feu_d'artifice
1955 orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky. Its origins can be traced back to an incident that occurred during a rehearsal at the inaugural Aspen Festival in 1950, when Stravinsky was
Greeting_Prelude
Romanian conductor, composer, musical theorist, and teacher (1912–1996)
"London"; Debussy: Jeux; Igor Stravinsky: Jeux de Cartes (Urania) n.d.: Legendary Performers Vol. 2 (As Disc) n.d.: Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K. 427; Concerto
Sergiu_Celibidache
by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was finished in 1915 and was published as a set in the winter of 1917. Stravinsky's Three Easy Pieces can be understood
Three Easy Pieces (Stravinsky)
Three_Easy_Pieces_(Stravinsky)
faciles, is a collection of pieces for four hands by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was finished in 1917 and was published as a set in the winter of 1917/18
Five_Easy_Pieces_(Stravinsky)
One-act opera by Igor Stravinsky
Мавра) is a one-act comic opera composed by Igor Stravinsky, and one of the earliest works of Stravinsky's neo-classical period. The libretto, by Boris Kochno
Mavra
1912 cantata by Igor Stravinsky
Stars; Russian: Звездоликий, romanized: Zvezdolikiy) is a cantata by Igor Stravinsky, composed in 1911–12. It is set to a text by the Russian poet Konstantin
Zvezdoliki
1924 composition by Igor Stravinsky
piano, is a 1924 piano sonata by Russian expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky composed this sonata when he was in Biarritz and Nice in the summer
Piano_Sonata_(Stravinsky)
1908 orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky
Pogrebal'naya Pesnya, or Chant funèbre), Op. 5, is an orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky. Composed in 1908 in memory of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the work received
Funeral_Song
1947 neoclassical ballet by Igor Stravinsky
thirty-minute neoclassical ballet in three tableaux composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California
Orpheus_(ballet)
Piano Sonata in F♯ minor is an early composition by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was composed between 1903 and 1904 and is dedicated to Nicolas Richter
Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor (Stravinsky)
Piano_Sonata_in_F-sharp_minor_(Stravinsky)
Piano-Rag-Music is a composition for piano solo by Igor Stravinsky, written in 1919. Stravinsky, who had, by that time, emigrated to France after his studies
Piano-Rag-Music
(Four Studies), Op. 7 are a collection of short études for piano by Igor Stravinsky. They were composed between June and July 1908 in Ustilug, Russian Empire
Quatre études, Op. 7 (Stravinsky)
Quatre_études,_Op._7_(Stravinsky)
1921 piano composition by Igor Stravinsky
Les cinq doigts is a 1921 piano composition by Igor Stravinsky. Subtitled 8 mélodies très faciles sur 5 notes (8 very easy melodies on 5 notes), the work
Les_cinq_doigts
1914 cycle of four songs composed by Igor Stravinsky
Pribaoutki (Russian: Прибаутки) is a cycle of four songs composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1914 to Russian texts by Alexander Afanasyev. Its Russian title has
Pribaoutki
Latin sequence and liturgical hymn
composers such as Charpentier, Delalande, Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, Britten and Stravinsky. Giovanni Battista Martini ended his set of (mostly humorous) 303 canons
Dies_irae
Scènes de ballet is a suite of dance movements composed in 1944 by Igor Stravinsky. It was commissioned by Broadway producer Billy Rose for inclusion in
Scènes_de_ballet_(Stravinsky)
American composer and conductor (1900–1990)
his signature works. During the late 1940s, Copland became aware that Stravinsky and other fellow composers had begun to study Arnold Schoenberg's use
Aaron_Copland
composer Igor Stravinsky. It was finished in 1914, revised in 1918, and eventually published in 1922. As most of the works by Igor Stravinsky, this three-movement
Three Pieces for String Quartet
Three_Pieces_for_String_Quartet
composition for two pianos by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was completed in 1914. Stravinsky's music post-Rite of Spring in the 1910s was devoted
Valse_des_fleurs_(Stravinsky)
Short composition for string quartet by Igor Stravinsky
(Raoul Dufy in Memoriam) is a short composition for string quartet by Igor Stravinsky, composed in 1959. It lasts only about a minute and a quarter in performance
Double_Canon_(Stravinsky)
Composition for clarinet solo by Igor Stravinsky
Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet is a solo instrumental work by Igor Stravinsky. The work was composed in 1918. It was published in 1919, shortly after the
Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet
Three_Pieces_for_Solo_Clarinet
1908 orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky
op. 3, composed in 1908, is the second purely orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky (preceded by the Symphony in E♭ op.1). Despite the composer's later description
Scherzo_fantastique
Composion by Igor Stravinsky
The Cantata by Igor Stravinsky is a work for soprano, tenor, female choir, and instrumental ensemble (of two flutes, oboe, cor anglais (doubling second
Cantata_(Stravinsky)
Swiss conductor (1883–1969)
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, composer as soloist, 6 December 1929 Stravinsky, Mass, 27 October 1948 Manuel de Falla, The Three-Cornered Hat, Ballets Russes
Ernest_Ansermet
Musical technique
Ned Rorem String Quartet No. 2 Déodat de Séverac "Temps de neige" Igor Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments Heitor Villa-Lobos String Quartet
Pandiatonicism
1942 composition by Igor Stravinsky
Danses concertantes is a work for chamber orchestra by Igor Stravinsky, composed in 1942. A performance lasts about twenty minutes. Although written as
Danses concertantes (Stravinsky)
Danses_concertantes_(Stravinsky)
Collection of orchestral works by Igor Stravinsky
Orchestra) is a collection of arrangements of works by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. This composition was finished in 1928 and premiered in Berlin in 1930
Quatre_études_(Stravinsky)
Swiss businessman (1884–1951)
amateur clarinetist, and patron of composers and writers, particularly Igor Stravinsky and Rainer Maria Rilke. Reinhart knew and corresponded with many artists
Werner_Reinhart
Simultaneous use of multiple musical keys
67, c. 1898–1902), Béla Bartók (Fourteen Bagatelles, Op. 6, 1908), and Stravinsky (Petrushka, 1911). Ives claimed that he learned the technique of polytonality
Polytonality
MASS STRAVINSKY
MASS STRAVINSKY
Male
English
 English surname transferred to forename use, derived from medieval Jewish Moss (2), MOSS means "drawn out." Compare with another form of Moss.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval female personal name Cass, a short form of Cassandra. This was the name (of uncertain, possibly non-Greek, origin) of an ill-fated Trojan prophetess of classical legend, condemned to foretell the future but never be believed; her story was well known and widely popular in medieval England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name May (see May).
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Gul - Flowers; Mast - Excitement
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Marsh.Americanized spelling of German Masch.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : unexplained; possibly an acronymic name.
Male
Hebrew
 Medieval Jewish form of Hebrew Moshe, MOSS means "drawn out." Compare with another form of Moss.
Male
Italian
Short form of Italian Tommaso, MASO means "twin."
Male
Hebrew
(מַשָׂ×) Variant spelling of Hebrew Massa, MASA means "burden." Compare with another form of Masa.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the medieval personal name Pascal, which was brought to England from France.German : topographic name from Pass ‘pass’, ‘passage’ (from Middle Low German pas ‘pace’, ‘passage way’, ‘water gauge’).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name or nickname from Yiddish and Polish pas ‘belt’, ‘girdle’.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from a pet form of the personal name Thomas.English : unexplained.
Male
Japanese
(1-æ£, 2-é›…, 3-昌, 4-真, 5-政, 6-å°†) Unisex short form of Japanese names beginning with Masa-, MASA means 1) "correct, just," 2) "elegant, splendid" 3) "flourishing, prosperous" 4) "genuine, true," 5) "governing, political," 6) "military." Compare with another form of Masa.
Surname or Lastname
English and Welsh
English and Welsh : from the personal name Moss, a Middle English vernacular form of the Biblical name Moses.English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived by a peat bog, Middle English, Old English mos, or a habitational name from a place named with this word. (It was not until later that the vocabulary word came to denote the class of plants characteristic of a peat-bog habitat, under the influence of the related Old Norse word mosi.)Americanized form of Moses or some other like-sounding Jewish surname.Irish (Ulster) : part translation of Gaelic Ó Maolmhóna ‘descendant of Maolmhóna’, a personal name composed of the elements maol ‘servant’, ‘tonsured one’, ‘devotee’ + a second element which was assumed to be móin (genitive móna) ‘moorland’, ‘peat bog’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Marsh.French : habitational name from places so named in Ardèche, Ardennes, Gard, Loire, Nièvre, and Meurthe-et-Moselle, from the Latin personal name Marcius, used adjectivally.French : from the personal name Meard, Mard, Mart, vernacular forms of the saint’s name Médard. Morlet notes that there are a number of places called Saint-Mars, formerly recorded in Latin as Sanctus Medardus.French : from the name of the month, mars ‘ March’, denoting seed sown in March, and hence a metonymic name for an arable grower.French (De Mars) : habitational name from Mars in the Ardennes.Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Marsilius.
Female
Japanese
(1-æ£, 2-é›…, 3-昌, 4-真, 5-政, 6-å°†) Unisex short form of Japanese names beginning with Masa-, MASA means 1) "correct, just," 2) "elegant," 3) "flourishing, prosperous" 4) "genuine, true," 5) "governing, political," 6) "military." Compare with strictly masculine Masa.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Mace 1.French (Picardy) : metonymic occupational name from masse ‘mace’, ‘hammer’.French : habitational name from places called Masse (Allier and Cô-d’Or), or La Masse (Eure, Lot, Puy-de-Dôme, Saône-et-Loire).French (Massé) : habitational name from a place called Massé in Maine-et-Loire, so named from Gallo-Roman Macciacum (from the personal name Maccius + the locative suffix -acum).Dutch : from Middle Dutch masse ‘clog’; ‘cudgel’, perhaps a metonymic occupational name for someone who wielded a club.Dutch : possibly a variant of Maas 1, or a patronymic from Mas.
Female
English
English short form of Latin Cassandra, CASS means "she who entangles men."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name denoting a serf, Middle English, Old French vass(e), from Late Latin vassus, of Celtic origin. Compare Welsh gwas ‘boy’, Gaelic foss ‘servant’.English : variant of Vause.Swedish : variant of Wass.South German : variant of Fass.Hungarian : from vas ‘iron’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith, or a nickname for a resilient, tough man.
Male
Hebrew
(מַשָׂ×) Hebrew name MASSA means "burden." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Ishmael.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French bas(se) ‘low’, ‘short’ (Latin bassus ‘thickset’; see Basso), either a descriptive nickname for a short person or a status name meaning ‘of humble origin’, not necessarily with derogatory connotations.English : in some instances, from Middle English bace ‘bass’ (the fish), hence a nickname for a person supposedly resembling this fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman.Scottish : habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, of uncertain origin.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker or player of bass viols, from Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish bas ‘bass viol’.German : see Basse.
Male
Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of Greek Mattathias, MATS means "gift of God."
MASS STRAVINSKY
MASS STRAVINSKY
Girl/Female
Muslim
Slave of. Servant of. Used to join with female names with Divine Name.
Boy/Male
American, British, Chinese, English, German, Teutonic
From the Fortified Town; Place Name; Bright Settlement; Glorious Ruler; Bright Raven
Boy/Male
Hindu
Name of Lord Shiva, Good Deva
Girl/Female
British, English
Bright Fame
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English hanger, hangre ‘wood on a steep hillside’, or habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Hanger in Netley Marsh, Hampshire.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Farsi, Iranian, Muslim
Shining
Boy/Male
English American French
Darling, from the Old english 'deorling'. Also a.
Boy/Male
Tamil
God, King
Girl/Female
Persian American
Dawn; bright.
Boy/Male
British, English, Shakespearean
From the Welsh Llewellyn
MASS STRAVINSKY
MASS STRAVINSKY
MASS STRAVINSKY
MASS STRAVINSKY
MASS STRAVINSKY
n.
A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
v. t.
To supply with a mess.
n.
The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.
n.
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.
n.
A mess; trouble.
v. t.
To cover or overgrow with moss.
v. i.
To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.
v. t.
To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
n.
A mass; a heap.
v. i.
Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass.
v. t.
To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a ship.
n.
The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus.
n.
Alt. of Masse shot
superl.
Compacted into, or consisting of, a mass; having bulk and weight ot substance; ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; as, a massy shield; a massy rock.
v. i.
To celebrate Mass.
n.
Mass; church service.
v. t.
To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.
n.
A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble.
n.
Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.
pl.
of Bass