Under this title, which was given to it by an English publisher, the piece attained great popularity in the 19th century and contributed to Mozart’s reputation.
[2] After its publication by Novello the Mass made a steep rise in popularity, which peaked around 1860, outdoing any major religious composition by, among others, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
In the English-speaking world, the Twelfth Mass broadly contributed to Mozart's fame well into the 20th century.
[citation needed] The hymn tune Nottingham is an arrangement derived from the Kyrie at the opening of the work.
[6] The hymn tune, which is usually in 7.7.7.7 metre, is most often sung to the words of Frances Ridley Havergal's "Take my life and let it be".