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Die Schöpfung, Hob.XXI.2: Vocal score

Die Schöpfung, Hob.XXI.2: Vocal score

Haydn, Joseph
Klengel, Paul
Mandyczewski, Eusebius

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ISBN10: 1608740617
ISBN13: 9781608740611
Publisher: Petrucci Lib Pr
Published: Jan 2 2012
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: German

Having been inspired by performances of Handel oratorios while visiting London in 1791-92 and 1794-95, Joseph Haydn determined to write one of his own and was given an English libretto entitled The Creation, which had originally been offered to Handel years before. This libretto, whose author is still not known, was loosely based upon Biblical sources (Genesis, Pslams) and John Milton's epic Paradise Lost. Haydn presented it to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, who adapted and translated the work into the German libretto used for the composition of the new oratorio. Die Schöpfung occupied Haydn from 1796-98 and was given its first performance in Vienna's Schwarzenberg Palace on April 30, 1798 before an invited audience of nobles, government officials, prominent musicians. The public crowded outside in an attempt to hear the work in such number that a police detachment was needed to keep order, and the first public performance (March 19, 1799) was sold out months in advance.

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