BEETHOVEN: MASS IN C – bar numbers in ‘Old’ Novello score
This list refers to the score entitled ‘accompaniment revised by Berthold Tours’, which is the
edition we have borrowed for this performance. The comments occasionally refer to the much
more recent New Novello Edition, ed. Pilkington, which is broadly compatible with the one I
have dubbed ‘Old’ Novello. Notes about the Henle urtext edition are for my own reference.
Comments in Times New Roman are for the choir; those in italics for the soloists.
I have adopted the convention 11 to indicate bar 1 beat 1.
Where a bar number coincides exactly with a rehearsal letter or tempo change I’ve added this to
assist orientation.
Page Bar
Kyrie
1
1, 7, 14
2
21, 28, 34
3
41, 47, 53
4
59, 65, 71
5
77, 83, 89
6
95, 101, 107
7
113, 119, 125
Gloria
8
1, 7, 12
9
16, 21, 27
10
33, 39, 46
11
52, 57, 61
12
66, 71, 77
13
83, 89, 95
14
101, 107, 113
15
119, 125, 132
16
139 (Andante
mosso), 144, 149
17
154, 159, 164
18
169, 174, 179
19
184, 189, 195
20
201, 207, 214
(Allegro etc)
21
222, 228, 233
22
238, 244, 248
23
252, 257, 262
24
267, 272, 276
25
280 (letter J),
285, 290
26
294, 299, 304
27
309, 314, 322
28
327, 332, 338
29
343, 348, 354
30
360, 366, 373
Changes and other comments
A, 441, crotchet to match other parts
T solo, 1472, quaver A flat + quaver rest
1791, not sf but ff
1
Credo
31
1, 6, 12
32
18, 22, 26
33
31 (A), 36, 40
34
45, 49, 54 (B)
35
61, 67, 72
36
77, 82, 86
37
90, 97, 103
38
110, 116, 123
39
131 (Adagio),
136, 141
40
146, 150, 153
41
157, 163, 166
42
168, 173, 178
43
183 (G, Allegro
etc), 188, 193
44
198, 202, 205
45
208, 212, 216
46
219, 223, 227
47
231, 236, 240
48
244, 248, 251
49
255, 259, 264
50
51
52
269 (K), 275,
280*
284, 288, 292
297, 301, 305
53
54
309, 313, 317
321, 325, 330
55
335, 340, 345
56
353, 359, 364
172-3, not ‘pas-sus’ but ‘et, et,’
A, 2654, delete tie; 266, put ‘in’ on first beat (but keep ‘re-’ where it
is)
*the first complete bar (the upbeat being L, Vivace)
A, 3012, delete dot and rearticulate C on beat 4, which remains tied
over to 3021 (Note: this follows Henle Edn, not New Novello)
T, 301-3 retain Old Novello unchanged (as Henle Edn, not New
Novello)
T, 3241, retain minim, as in Old Novello (New Novello and Henle
have crotchet, crotchet)
B solo, 334-5, semibreve E, semibreve D to text ‘A-men,’
S solo, 3394, change first quaver to D, as in accompaniment
(Note: this is as New Novello, but not Henle)
2
Sanctus
57
1, 7, 11
64-81, Old Novello gives Beethoven’s second thoughts, intended to
avoid faulty intonation: the enharmonic notation in New Novello is
the original
58
15, 19, 22
59
25, 29, 32
60
36, 40, 44
Benedictus
61
1,5
62
10, 14
63
19, 23
64
27, 31
65
36 (B), 40
66
45, 50 (C)
67
55, 59
68
63, 67
69
72, 76
70
80, 84
71
88, 92
72
96, 101
73
106, 111
74
116, 121
75
125, 130
(Allegro)
76
134, 138, 142
Agnus
77
1, 4, 8
78
12, 15, 18
79
21, 24, 27
80
30, 33, 36
81
40 (B, Allegro
etc), 46, 50
82
56, 60, 65
83
70, 73, 77
84
80, 84, 90
85
94, 98, 104
86
109, 113, 118
87
125, 132, 137
88
144, 151, 157
89
163, 169, 175
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