This is the last musical setting of the mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (not counting his Requiem Mass left unfinished at his death). The work embodies pomp and solemnity associated with the Salzburg traditions of the time, and shows the influence of Bach and Handel, whose music Mozart was studying at this time. In July 2015, Pope Francis told reporters that the “Et incarnatus est” from the work “is matchless; it lifts you to God!”.