Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123
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- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
- Editor: Ernst Herttrich
- Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Reduction, SATB Choir
- Originally for: SATB Choir, Orchestra
- Work: Missa solemnis in D Major, Op. 123
- Work Language: Latin
- ISMN:
- Size: 7.5 x 10.6 inches
- Pages: 128
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
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.
Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123
