La Misa, un género musical sacro, es una composición coral que traslada a la música a secciones fijas de la liturgia. La mayoría de las misas son partes de la liturgia en latín, el lenguaje tradicional de la Iglesia católica. Las misas pueden ser a cappella (para voz humana sola) o acompañadas por los instrumentos musicales, hasta incluir una orquesta completa. Muchas misas, especialmente las más recientes, nunca fueron pensadas para ser interpretadas durante la celebración de una misa litúrgica.

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The Mass (Latin: Missa), a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism) to music. Most Masses are settings of the liturgy in Latin, the liturgical sacred language of the Catholic Church's Roman liturgy, but there are a significant number written in the languages of non-Catholic countries where vernacular worship has long been the norm. For example, there are many Masses (often called "Communion Services") written in English for the Church of England. Musical Masses take their name from the Catholic liturgy called "the Mass" as well. Masses can be a cappella, that is, without an independent accompaniment, or they can be accompanied by instrumental obbligatos up to and including a full orchestra. Many Masses, especially later ones, were never intended to be performed during the celebration of an actual mass.

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