SKU: BA.BVK02395
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven. Edited by
Lewis Lockwood and
Martina Rebmann. This
edition: facsimile.
Half-leather binding.
Documenta musicologica
II/51 / Barenreiter
Facsimile. Facsimile.
Opus 123. 340/29 pages.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BVK02395_00. Published
by Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BVK02395).
ISBN
9783761823958. 45 x 39.5
cm inches. Text Language:
English,
German.
Beethoven
struggled with theMissa
solemnisfor years,
searching for a highly
personal way to deal with
the words and musical
traditions of the Mass
Ordinary. In the end he
produced a work that
leaves no listeners cold
- some are puzzled but a
great many are deeply
moved.
The
autograph reflects how
intensively he worked on
theMissa solemnisand what
a difficult work process
it was. Apart from the
many corrections there
are several torn-out
pages. Sometimes
Beethoven could only
proceed by stitching
replacement pages into
the
manuscript.
Beetho
ven authority
Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen
unveils the stages of its
genesis in an
understandable and rather
detective-like manner. In
addition Martina Rebmann,
head of the music
department, explains how
this and other autographs
were gradually acquired
for the Beethoven
collection in the Berlin
Staatsbibliothek.
Reproduced in
high-quality four-colour
printing, the facsimile
replicates the page stubs
and fold-out pages,
thereby emulating the
feel of the original
source. Judicious
inscriptions with
movement headings,
continuous pagination,
scholarly foliation and
measure numbers help
readers to find their way
more easily in the
manuscript.
>>
One of the most grandiose
artistic working
processes ever documented
in the history of
music<<
Hans-Joachim
Hinrichsen.
