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Missa solemnis
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Orchestra Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, Cfg, 4 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, Org - Grade 5
SKU: CA.4068905
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Ernst Herttrich. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Urtext Editions; Carus sheet music series: Vocal scores XL. Carus plus: Übehilfen, nur intern. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin. Choral score. Composed 1817/23. Op. 123. 36 pages. Duration 90 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 40.689/05. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4068905).ISBN 9790007131135. 8.27 x 11.69 inches. Key: D major. Language: Latin.
Beethoven described his Missa solemnis as his greatest work several times, a work which, coming "from the heart," was to touch and move audiences. The surviving sources enable us to recognize how intensively and how long he worked on the composition in order to give what he felt was adequate expression to the text. In its length and musical demands, the Missa solemnis goes far beyond typical liturgical settings, and the premiere took place, for good reason, in a concert hall. The chorus plays a key structural role in the work, and in the process has to master some extremely demanding sections.
The leading Beethoven expert Ernst Herttrich has produced an Urtext edition based on the available sources, and reflecting the latest state of scholarship.
Thanks to an arrangement by J. Linckelmann (Carus 40.689/50), it is possible to perform the work in smaller settings.
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