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Author Drabkin, William.

Title Beethoven, Missa solemnis / William Drabkin
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1991

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 118 pages) : music
Series Cambridge music handbooks
Cambridge music handbooks.
Contents Critical perspectives -- Composition, performance and publication history -- Preliminaries to the analysis -- Kyrie -- Gloria -- Credo -- Sanctus -- Agnus Dei -- Concluding thoughts
Summary 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.--Publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-115) and index
Notes English
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Subject Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Missa solemnis.
SUBJECT Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827 Messen op. 123 D-Dur gnd
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Messe op. 123. swd
Missa solemnis (Beethoven, Ludwig van) fast
Subject Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)
Missen (muziek)
Música religiosa (crítica e interpretação) -- Áustria.
Composição musical -- Áustria.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 91011383
ISBN 9780511611629
0511611625
Other Titles Missa solemnis