Beethoven: Mass in C Major, Op. 86
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- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
- Editor: Barry Cooper (1949-)
- Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Reduction, SATB Choir, SATB Solos
- Originally for: SATB Choir, Orchestra
- Work: Mass in C Major, Op. 86
- Work Language: Latin
- ISMN:
- Size: 7.5 x 10.6 inches
- Pages: 78
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
Beethoven's sacred works include two settings of the Mass. The Mass in C Major, completed and premiered in 1807, has been unjustly described as a preliminary step towards the great Missa solemnis. Yet it is a self-contained and, for its time, decidedly modern piece of church music.