Haydn The Creation

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Haydn’s *The Creation* is a late 18th-century oratorio that vividly depicts the biblical story of the world’s creation through large-scale choral and orchestral writing.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Haydn The Creation canonical 2
Haydn's Creation 1
The Creation (Haydn) 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oratorio ⓘ
basedOn Book of Genesis ⓘ
Paradise Lost ⓘ
Psalms ⓘ
catalogueNumber Hob. XXI:2 ⓘ
character Adam ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
Gabriel ⓘ
Raphael ⓘ
Uriel ⓘ
linked to: Metatron
commissionedBy Gottfried van Swieten ⓘ
composer Joseph Haydn ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1798 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1796 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
firstPublicPerformanceDate 1799-03-19 ⓘ
firstPublicPerformanceLocation Vienna ⓘ
genre oratorio ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
hasBiblicalSource King James Bible (English text influence) ⓘ
linked to: King James Version

Luther Bible (German text influence) ⓘ
linked to: Luther Bible
inspiredBy Handel oratorios ⓘ
linked to: Handel Messiah
keyFeature large-scale choral writing ⓘ
orchestral depiction of natural phenomena ⓘ
vivid tone painting ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
librettist Gottfried van Swieten ⓘ
notableChorus The Heavens are Telling ⓘ
notableMovement The Representation of Chaos ⓘ
originalTitle Die Schöpfung ⓘ
linked to: The Creation
part Part I ⓘ
Part II ⓘ
Part III ⓘ
period Classical era ⓘ
premiereDate 1798-04-29 ⓘ
premiereLocation Palais Schwarzenberg, Vienna ⓘ
scoring soloists, chorus, and orchestra ⓘ
soloVoiceType bass ⓘ
soprano ⓘ
tenor ⓘ
structure three parts ⓘ
subjectMatter Garden of Eden ⓘ
biblical creation of the world ⓘ
creation of animals ⓘ
creation of humans ⓘ
creation of light ⓘ
timePeriod late 18th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haydn The Seasons → follows → Haydn The Creation ⓘ
The Creation → alsoKnownAs → Haydn's Creation ⓘ
linked to: Haydn The Creation
Spring (Haydn) → associatedWork → The Creation (Haydn) ⓘ
subject linked to: Spring
linked to: Haydn The Creation