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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Drabkin, William

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks

Christian MusicClassical MusicMusic Reference

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 0521378311
ISBN13: 9780521378314
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Nov 29 1991
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.41 Depth: 8.46
Language: English
The Missa Solemnis is a document of extraordinary richness from the last decades of Beethoven's creative life. In this accessible guide, William Drabkin considers the work as an expression of the most celebrated text of the Roman Catholic faith and as an example from a tradition of Mass settings in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Austria. The opening chapters present various critical perspectives on the Missa Solemnis and chart the history of its composition, first performances, and publication. But, above all, the work itself is considered in detail, including the overall design, connections between the movements, the orchestration, word painting, and programmatic elements.

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