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Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his Mass in C major Op. 86 to a commission from Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II in 1807. In fulfilling this commission Beethoven was extending a tradition established by Joseph Haydn who following his return from England in 1795 had composed one mass per year for the Esterházy family to celebrate the name day of the Prince’s wife.

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