Messe des pauvres

The Messe des pauvres is a partial musical setting of the mass for mixed choir and organ, written from 1893 through 1895 by Erik Satie. It was intended for liturgical use in the Metropolitan Church of Art of Jesus the Conductor. The mass is Satie's only liturgical work and the culmination of his "Rosicrucian" or "mystic" period. It was published posthumously in 1929.