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Ludwig van Beethoven

Missa Solemnis, op. 123

Op. 123 Composed 1824 Vocal

The Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123, is a Solemn Mass composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1819 to 1823. It was first performed on 7 April 1824 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, under the auspices of Beethoven's patron Prince Nikolai Golitsyn; an incomplete performance was given in Vienna on 7 May 1824, when the Kyrie, Credo, and Agnus Dei were conducted by the composer. It is generally considered one of the composer's supreme achievements and, along with Bach's Mass in B minor, one of the most significant Mass settings of the common practice period.
Written around the same time as his Ninth Symphony, it is Beethoven's second setting of the Mass, after his Mass in C major, Op. 86. The work was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Archbishop of Olomouc, Beethoven's foremost patron as well as pupil and friend. The copy presented to Rudolf was inscribed "Von Herzen—Möge es wieder—Zu Herzen gehn!" ("From the heart – may it return to the heart!")

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Movements

  1. I. Kyrie: Missa Solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: Ia. Kyrie: Kyrie eleison
  2. I. Kyrie: Missa Solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: Ib. Kyrie: Christe eleison
  3. I. Kyrie: Missa Solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: Ic. Kyrie: Kyrie eleison
  4. II. Gloria: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IIa. Gloria: Allegro vivace: Gloria in excelsis Deo
  5. II. Gloria: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IIb. Gloria. Gratias agimus
  6. II. Gloria: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IIc. Gloria: Allegro vivace: Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis
  7. II. Gloria: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IId. Gloria: Allegro vivace: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus
  8. II. Gloria: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IIe. Gloria: Allegro vivace: In gloria Dei Patris. Amen
  9. II. Gloria: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IIf. Gloria: Allegro vivace: Amen, Amen, in gloria Dei Petris / Quoniam tu solus Sanctus
  10. III. Credo: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IIIa. Credo: Allegro ma non troppo: Credo in unum Deum
  11. III. Credo: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IIIb. Credo: Allegro ma non troppo: Et incarnatus est
  12. III. Credo: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IIIc. Credo: Allegro ma non troppo: Et resurrexit - Et ascendit in coelum
  13. III. Credo: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IIId. Credo: Allegro ma non troppo: Et vitam venturi saeculi
  14. III. Credo: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IIIe. Credo: Allegro ma non troppo: Amen, et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen
  15. IV. Sanctus: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IVa. Sanctus: Adagio: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus, Deus Sabaoth
  16. IV. Sanctus: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IVb. Sanctus: Adagio: Pleni sunt coeli et terra
  17. IV. Sanctus: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IVc. Sanctus: Adagio: Praeludium
  18. IV. Sanctus: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: IVd. Sanctus: Adagio: Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini
  19. V. Agnus Dei: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: Va. Agnus Dei: Adagio: Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi
  20. V. Agnus Dei: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: Vb. Agnus Dei: Allegretto vivace: Dona nobis pacem
  21. V. Agnus Dei: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: Vc. Agnus Dei: Allegro assai – Recit. – Tempo I – Presto – Tempo I: Agnus Dei, miserere
  22. V. Agnus Dei: Missa solemnis D-Dur, op. 123: Vd. Agnus Dei: Adagio: Agnus Dei - Dona nobis pacem

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