Beethoven

Considers the Missa solemnis as an expression of the most celebrated text of the Roman Catholic faith and as an example from a tradition of Mass settings in 18t... » 

Considers the Missa solemnis as an expression of the most celebrated text of the Roman Catholic faith and as an example from a tradition of Mass settings in 18th- and early 19th-century Austria, looking at the work itself in detail. «