Ludwig van Beethoven :: Missa solemnis: Benedictus (arr. Busoni)


 

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Beethoven, Ludwig van
1770-1827
(b Bonn, bap. 17 Dec 1770; d Vienna, 26 March 1827). German
Missa solemnis: Benedictus (arr. Busoni) <1819–1823>
solo violin
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Busoni replaces chorus & vocal solos with lower strings and solos for ob, va & vc, and makes a cut of 39 bars.
The arrangement begins at the
Praeludium, measure 79 of the Sanctus (mvt 4).
Va & vc are divisi throughout; the following instruments, found in the original orchestration of this section, are omitted by Busoni: ob2, cbn & org.