Alberto Basso summarizes the work as follows: The Mass in B minor is the consecration of a whole life: started in 1733 for "diplomatic" reasons, it was finished in the very last years of Bach's life, when he had already gone blind.
阿尔贝托·巴索（Alberto Basso）如下评价这部作品：“《B小调弥撒》是毕生的奉献：出于‘外交’上的原因开始于1733年，完成于巴赫一生最后的岁月——那时他已经失明。