《光榮彌撒》(Messa di Gloria)於一八八〇年完成創作，為賈科莫•浦契尼(Giacomo Puccini, 1858-1924)自帕契尼音樂專科學校(Istituto Musicale Pacini)完成學業之大型合唱暨管絃樂畢業作品，其依循傳統彌撒之固定部分共分五個樂章；其中第三樂章〈信經〉採用一八七八年為「聖保利諾慶典」(Feast of San Paolino)所作的同名宗教樂曲《信經》(Credo)，兩年後再譜寫其餘四個樂章完成全曲。

浦契尼原先以《四聲部彌撒》(Messa a 4 Voci con orchestra)命名此作，並於同年七月十二日的聖保利諾慶典上首演，初顯丰采並大獲好評。然而他在生前從未出版此部作品或再度公開演出，直到一九五一年時，義裔美籍神父丹特•德•費歐倫提諾(Dante Del Fiorentino)發掘手稿，才冠上標題「光榮彌撒」並請紐約貝爾文─米爾斯出版社(Belwin-Mills, Melville, NY)代為出版，從此這部作品便以《光榮彌撒》聞名於世，因此筆者在論文中也以此名稱來稱呼；而目前全曲完整手稿收藏於浦契尼博物館(Puccini Museum)。

本論文透過探究作曲家生平及樂曲創作背景、分析曲中詳細之架構組成，並藉由實際排練與指揮展演整部作品，盼能對《光榮彌撒》一作有更全面性且深入的瞭解；同時，有感於國內對於研究浦契尼早期創作的著作甚少而瑣碎，期許能夠為此作提供一個脈絡較為連貫的參考資訊。

The Messa di Gloria, composed by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) in 1880, was the composer’s first large-scale piece of music and his largest nonoperatic work altogether, as well as the passing-out piece from the Istituto Musicale Pacini. Based on the Ordinary of Mass sections, it comprised of five movements, including the Credo, written for the Feast of San Paolino two years earlier.

This work was called by Puccini simply Messa a 4 voci con orchestra, and its premiere on 12 July 1880 was a great success, praised by critics and public alike. Nevertheless, the Messa neither had been performed again after its original premiere, nor was published during the composer’s lifetime. Until in 1951, an Itano-American priest named Dante Del Fiorentino, discovered the manuscript and then published it under the well-known title of Messa di Gloria.

Through the research of music theory and the preparation of score study from rehearsals to the performance, this thesis focused on three aspects: Puccini’s motive for composing religious music works in his early youth, the analysis of musical form construction and the conducting interpretation of Messa di Gloria. Meanwhile, consi- dering the domestic studies of Puccini's early compositions are scanty and incomplete, the author expected this thesis as a systemic and consistent review on this topic.

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李振邦。《教會音樂》。台北：世界文物出版社，2002。
高士彥。《普契尼─不朽的義大利歌劇作曲家》。台北：世界文物出版社，2001。
張大勝。《合唱指揮研究》。台北：全音樂譜出版社，2004。
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許鐘榮。《劇場的魔術師》。台北：錦繡，2000。
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【翻譯專書】
Atherton, Leonard.《指揮手冊》(Vertical Plane Focal Point Conducting)。呂淑玲，蘇索才 譯。台北：揚智文化，2002。

Giudici, Elvio.《普契尼》(Puccini)。楊慶斌，趙湜 譯。台北：世界文物出版社，1998。

Rimsky - Korsakov. 《管絃樂法原理》。蔡盛通 校訂。台北：樂韻出版社，1986。

Stinchelli, Enrico.《不朽的指揮家》(I Grandi Direttori d’Orchestra)。田青，茹華熙，書佩 譯。台北：世界文物出版社，1996。

掘內久美雄。《名曲解說珍藏版─威爾第/浦契尼》。林勝儀，李鴛英 譯。台北：美樂出版社，2010。

【外文書目】
Adami, Giuseppe and Giacomo Puccini. The Letters of Giacomo Puccini: Mainly Connected with the Composition and Production of His Operas. Translated and edited for the English version by Ena Makin. London: George G. Harrap, 1931.

Adler, Samuel. The Study of Orchestration. 3rd ed.. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002.

Budden, Julian. Puccini; His Life and Works. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Carner, Mosco. Puccini: A Critical Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knope, Inc., 1959.

Fairtile, Linda Beard. Giacomo Puccini : A Guide to Research. New York: Garland Pub., 1999.

Gara, Eugenio. Carteggi Pucciniani. Milan: Ricordi, 1958.

Garretson, Robert L.. Conducting Choral Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1988.

Green, Elizabeth A. H. and Mark Gibson. The Modern Conductor, 7thed.. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2004.

Grout, D. Jay, J. Peter Burkholder and Claude V. Palisca. A history of western music, 8thed.. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.

Kaye, Michael. The Unknown Puccini. New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

Kennan, K. Wheeler. The Technique of Orchestration, 2nd ed.. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1970.

Osborne, Charles. The Complete Operas of Puccini. New York: Da Capo Press, 1982.

Phillips - Matz, Mary Jane. Puccini: A Biography. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2002.

Raeburn, Michael and Alan Kendall. Heritage of Music: Vol.2: The Romantic Era. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Rudolf, Max. The Grammar of Conducting, 2nd ed.. New York: A Division of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.

Schonberg, Harold C.. The Great Conductors. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1967.

Specht, Richard. Giacomo Puccini; the man, his life, his work. Translated by Catherine A. Phillips. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933.

Weaver, William and Simonetta Puccini. The Puccini Companion. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1994.

Young, Percy M.. A Handbook of Choral Technique. London: D. Dobson, 1953.

【期刊、學術論文、其他】
孫愛光。〈柴高夫斯基第五號交響曲作品六十四之研究〉。國立臺灣師範大學碩士論文，1992。

馬韻珊。〈佛瑞一八九三年版《安魂曲》之探究與音樂分析〉。國立臺灣師範大學 碩士論文，2008。

黃琪懿。〈羅西尼《小莊嚴彌撒》之指揮詮釋研究〉。國立臺灣師範大學碩士論文，2013。

Cohn, Fred. “Puccini: Preludio Sinfonica; Messa di Gloria; Crisantemi. (Choral And Song)” Opera News 66, No. 8 (Feb 2002): 70-71.

Grossi, Henry J.. “Giacomo Puccini: Catalogue of the Works.” Notes 61, No. 3 (March 2005): 738-741.

Lucano, Ralph. “Puccini: Messa di Gloria.” American Record Guide 71, No. 4 (July-August 2008):152.

Ţuţu, Ciprian. “Potential Cultural Visions That Configurate the Mass Genre.”REVART: Specialized Review of Theory & Critique of Arts, No. 23 (April 2015):72-84.

【網路資料】
New World Encyclopedia. <http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Giacomo_Puccini#Puccini.27s_works_and_versions> (Accessed July 16, 2017)

Puccini Museum. <http://www.puccinimuseum.org/en/> (Accessed September 3, 2017)

【樂譜】
(一)合唱譜：
Puccini, Giacomo. Messa di Gloria: per soli(T., Bar., B.), coro a 4 voci miste e orchestra. Vocal Score. Milan: RICORDI & C., 1993.

________. Messa a 4 voci con orchestra. Vocal Score CV 40.645/03.Germany: Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart, 2014.

(二)總譜：
Puccini, Giacomo. Messa a 4 voci con orchestra. Partitur/Full Score CV 40.645. Germany: Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart, 2004.

________. Messa di Gloria: Fassung fur Chor, Soli und Kammerorchester. Berlin: Ingo
Schulz, 2015.

【有聲資料】
Puccini, Giacomo. Messa di Gloria. Claudio Scimone (conductor), José Carreras (tenor),
Hermann Prey (baritone). Philharmonia Orchestra. The Ambrosian Singers.
ERATO. 1984. CD.

________. Messa di Gloria. Michel Corboz (conductor), William Johns (tenor),
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass). Choeur Symphonique et Orchestre de La Fondation
Gulbenkian de Lisbonne. ERATO. 1996. CD.

________. Messa di Gloria. Antonio Pappano (conductor), Roberto Alagna (tenor),
Thomas Hampson (baritone). London Symphony Orchestra. EMI Classics 57159.
2001. CD.