| Uniform title | Missa solemnis (Sketches) |
| Variant title |
Beethoven's sketchbook for the Missa solemnis and the Piano sonata in E major, opus 109 |
| Series |
Beethoven sketchbook series
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Works. Selections (Sketches : Beethoven sketchbook series) ^A701249
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| Contents |
Volume 1. Commentary. Part I. Content and chronology of the Artaria 195 sketchbook. Approaching Beethoven's sketches -- Artaria 195 and its companion sources -- Beethoven's initial work -- Continuities and discontinuities in the sketching process -- The compositional origins of the final sonata trilogy -- The genesis of opus 109: issues of reconstruction and interpretation -- A new chronology progress on the Mass in 1820 -- A new source for the Sanctus: the Malerich manuscript -- The autograph score of the Credo and the Arbeitskopie of the Mass -- Part 2. Ars longa vita brevis: on Beethoven's creative process. The biographical context: Beethoven's illness in 1821 -- Beethoven's dishonest biographer: Anton Schindler -- The evolution of the Credo -- The "Et Vitam Venturi Saeculi Amen" figure -- An E-minor presto for piano -- Variations on the Gesang: the finale of Opus 109 -- Unknown Beethoven: "Thut auf" (open up) and Aphorisms for piano -- Five Bagatelles: opus 119, numbers 7-11 -- The evolution of the sanctus and benedictus -- Volume 2. Facsimile. The value of Beethoven's sketchbooks in facsimile -- Artaria -- Volume 3. Transcription. On transcribing Beethoven's sketches -- Artaria 195 transcription. |
| Abstract |
The Beethoven sketchbook known as Artaria 195, is examined in a three volume format, which allows comparison between the original manuscript and its transcriptions along with a commentary which serves as a critical guide to the Missa Solemnis and Piano Sonata in E major, opus 109. |
| General note | Reproduces holograph manuscript in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Artaria 195) with commentary and transcription. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (volume 3, pages 113-118) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004560880 |
