This edition is one of the few surviving 18th-century masses composed in the Lorraine region. The author, master of music at the Chapelle royale in Bar-le-Duc, and at the cathedrals of Châlons and Besançon, also published a treatise on singing from partbooks. The work, written for a 4-voice a cappella choir (superius, contra, tenor, bassus), is dated 1743. At this time, Jean-Marie Leclair was enjoying undeniable success, and Mondonville’s Grands Motets were performed daily at the Chapelle royale in Versailles, while Dauvergne made his debut in the ranks of the Concert Spirituel orchestra. This mass, of excellent quality, is written in the learned contrapuntal style applied to the liturgical repertoire in provincial choirs, largely influenced by emerging classicism.