Behind the notes
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass and Beethoven: Mass in C
Janáček:
Born 12 August 1854 Hukvaldy, Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died 12 August 1928 Ostravia, Czechoslovakia
Janáček and the Glagolitic Mass
Glagolitic Mass translation (Word document)
Beethoven:
Born: 17 December 1770 Bonn, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Died: 26 March 1827 Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Beethoven and the Mass in C
Beethoven and deafness
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