A Mass of Life
CHORAL WORK, 1905, BY FREDERICK DELIUS
Eine Messe des Lebens; Mass of Life; Messe des Lebens
A Mass of Life (German: Eine Messe des Lebens) is a cantata by English composer Frederick Delius, based on the German text of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883-1885). In 1898, Delius had written a male choir and orchestral setting of "Midnight Song" from the same work, and this was revised to form part of the Mass.