Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Instrumentation: SATB Choir, Orchestra Work: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 Binding: Hardcover Work Languages: English, German, Japanese ISBN: 9783761821947 Size: 9.6 x 14.0 inches Pages: 208 Urtext / Critical Edition Description Johann Sebastian Bach completed the Mass in B Minor in 1748/49 shortly after the Art of Fugue and shortly before his death. This late work is as concentrated and rich in compositional technique as scarcely any other work. As early as 1818, Hans-Georg Nägeli enthusiastically described the Mass as the "greatest musical artwork of all time and all nations". Since then it has been ranked as an icon of music history. One of the primary functions of a facsimile is the preservation of such a cultural heritage, particularly when the manuscript (as is the case with the Mass in B Minor) is endangered and damaged by iron gall ink erosion. Furthermore, it is moving for Bach admirers to see how in some passages Bach'