The Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville (Mass of the fishermen of Villerville) is a missa brevis written by Gabriel Fauré in collaboration with his former pupil André Messager.
A later version, published as Messe basse contained only movements composed by Fauré.
[1] The sections of the mass run as follows: The first performance took place in Villerville on 4 September 1881 accompanied by a harmonium and a violin.
A second performance, this time accompanied by orchestra, was given in Villerville the following year.
In 1907, Heugel & Cie. published a version of the mass, removing Messager's sections and the Gloria (apart from a part of its music that was reused for the added Benedictus), and incorporating a new Kyrie by Fauré; this version, produced by Fauré in 1906, appeared under the title Messe basse.