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Beethoven, Missa solemnis

By William , Drabkin

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1991
ISBN
9780511611629, 0511611625, 9780521372299, 0521372291, 9780521378314, 0521378311
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10878798 bytes)
Series
Cambridge music handbooks
Pages
118\133
Topic
Art Music
Time added
2019-06-20 07:55:23
-- 1770-1827 -- Missa solemnis;Missa solemnis (BeeLudwig vanLudwig van)Music; Romantic; Nineteenth Century; Beethoven

Description

The Missa Solemnis is a document of extraordinary richness from the last decades of Beethoven's creative life. In this compendious and accessible guide, William Drabkin considers the work as a musical 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.  Read more... Preface 1. Critical perspectives 2. Composition, performance and publication history 3. Preliminaries to the analysis 4. Kyrie 5. Gloria 6. Credo 7. Sanctus 8. Agnus Dei 9. Concluding thoughts.

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