Matériel : Vocal Score
Beethoven's Mass In C was commissioned by Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy for the name-day of his wife Princess Maria and was first performed on 13 September 1807. Beethoven's setting continues the series of six great Masses composed by Haydn in previous years for the same occasion. Available here is a revised Vocal Score edition by Michael Pilkington for SATB Soli Choir and Piano accompaniment. Paperback edition large print.
SKU: SU.00220637
This CD Sheet Musicâ„¢ collection on USB Flash Drive makes available vocal scores for 41 choral works by three masters from the 18th and early 19th centuries. HAYDEN: The Creation, The Seasons, The Seven Last Words of Christ (German & English), Te Deum, Masses (Mass in Time of War, Lord Nelson Mass, Paukenmesse) MOZART: Requiem, Coronation Mass, Mass in C minor, Ave Verum Corpus, Regina Coeli BEETHOVAN: Missa Solemnes, Choral Fantasy, Ruins of Athens, Ode to Joy (Symphony No. 9) Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2,200+ pages
SKU: CA.4068904
ISBN 9790007187842. 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. Score available separately - see item CA.4068900.
