BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Messa a quattro Voci, [Mass in C, Op.86]. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, [1812].
Composed in 1807 at the request of Beethoven's last patron, Prince Esterházy, in celebration of his wife's name day, the mass was designed for normal liturgical use. This a later reprint with the ‘Anmerkung’ opposite p. 71 correcting the notation. Cf. Kinsky p. 240

Oblong folio (240 x 354mm). 107 pp. ‘Anmerkung’ printed on p. 70 (title remargined and soiled, variable spotting and browning, last leaf soiled at fore-edge with associated short marginal tears, paper without watermarks). Modern wrappers (extremities rubbed).

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