Mass in E-flat (Beach)

It was the first mass written by an American woman and Beach's first widely acclaimed large-scale composition.

It was praised for its contrast in instrumentation and the solos for harp, cello, English horn, and oboe.

[4] Beach was apparently unfamiliar with how Latin is stressed, as accents in the music may not agree with those in expected in words such as 'altissimus'.

[5] In movements of the Gloria, most prominently in the "Quoniam," Beach uses double-dotted rhythms that also appear in Cherubini's Kyrie.

"[7] One recording of Beach's Mass, by the Michael May Festival Chorus in 1989, was made without a full orchestra.