Beethoven, Missa Solemnis
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- Study subject
- Musical analysis
- Teachers
- Prof. Volkhardt Preuss
- Scope
- Fridays, 9.00-10.30
- Room
- BP 11
- Duration
- 1.5 Semesterwochenstunden
- Description
What scope did Beethoven have after J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor? Assuming that Beethoven knew it, it must have influenced him in the composition of his Missa Solemnis, just like Mozart's and Haydn's masses. More generally, the question arises as to how Beethoven united the world of Bach with that of the symphonic world of Viennese Classicism and his own symphonic language. The compositional aspect is one, especially with regard to the fugue, whose strict, contrapuntal aura in Dona nobis pacem mutates into an unheard-of, tumultuous battle. The hermeneutic, religious aspect is the other: Is Beethoven's mass actually a secular credo with plenty of Kant and Hegel in it? Beethoven himself demands: "Do good wherever you can, love freedom above all else, never conceal the truth, not even from the throne"; an ideal of moral philosophy and hope comes into play, which finds its exemplary expression in the trumpet signal of Fidelio and is also significant for the Missa Solemnis. There are two formal vanishing points: the nature music of the "Incarnatus" and the very battle music from which the "dona nobis pacem" arises: "plea for inner and outer peace".
- Literature
- will be announced in the seminar
- Credits
- 2 Creditpoints
- Modules
- Musiktheoretisch-/wissenschaftliches Modul 1, Musiktheoretisch-/wissenschaftliches Modul 2, Musiktheoretisches/Musikwissenschaftliches Wahlmodul Instrumental, Wahlmodul freie Wahl (alle Studiengänge)