Talk:Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)

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I fully agree with fugel. Let's do something about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.190.253.150 (talk) 04:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] This is not quite... encyclopedic

The plethora of opinions presented throughout this entry, coupled with esoteric insider references, give this article the feel of one single critic's style and assumptions. It is not a fitting tone or style for an encyclopedia entry (I didn't bother myself to throw up the dozens of 'citation needed' markers that this article currently needs, among other things...)

I agree, this is very subjective. Let us try and fix it a bit. Cugel 13:20, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "My greatest work"?

I deleted the claim that Beethoven called the Missa his greatest work - and the necessity for a citation - on the ground that the quote is taken out of context. The full letter can be found at Gutenberg.org (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13272/13272-h/13272-h.htm) where the context looks more as if he means the greatest of what he's working on at the time rather than the greatest of anything he' done.

Vienna, April 6, 1822.

MY DEAREST AND BEST RIES,--

Having been again in bad health during the last ten months, I have hitherto been unable to answer your letter. I duly received the 26l. sterling, and thank you sincerely; I have not, however, yet got the sonata you dedicated to me. My greatest work is a Grand Mass that I have recently written. As time presses, I can only say what is most urgent. What would the Philharmonic give me for a symphony?

Deschreiber (talk) 18:35, 20 May 2008 (UTC)