The Creation

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The Creation is an oratorio by Joseph Haydn that depicts the biblical story of the world's creation with vivid choral and orchestral writing.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Creation canonical 9
Die Schöpfung 4

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oratorio ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Haydn's Creation ⓘ
linked to: Haydn The Creation
basedOn Book of Genesis ⓘ
John Milton's Paradise Lost ⓘ
linked to: Paradise Lost

Psalms ⓘ
catalogueNumber Hob. XXI:2 ⓘ
character Adam ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
archangel Gabriel ⓘ
linked to: Gabriel

archangel Raphael ⓘ
linked to: Raphael (archangel)

archangel Uriel ⓘ
linked to: Archangel Uriel
composer Joseph Haydn ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1798 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1796 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
duration approximately 100 minutes ⓘ
features chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
vocal soloists ⓘ
firstPublicPerformanceCity Vienna ⓘ
firstPublicPerformanceDate 1799-03-19 ⓘ
genre sacred oratorio ⓘ
hasOriginalLibrettoVersion English ⓘ
influencedBy Handel's oratorios ⓘ
keyStylisticPeriod Classical ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Gottfried van Swieten ⓘ
librettoLanguage German ⓘ
notableChorus The Heavens are Telling ⓘ
notableMovement The Representation of Chaos ⓘ
numberOfParts 3 ⓘ
placeInComposerOutput late work ⓘ
premiereCity Vienna ⓘ
premiereDate 1798-04-29 ⓘ
premiereVenue Palais Schwarzenberg, Vienna ⓘ
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel (early edition) ⓘ
linked to: Breitkopf & Härtel
scoring bass solo ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
soprano solo ⓘ
tenor solo ⓘ
setting Old Testament creation narrative ⓘ
structure Part I ⓘ
Part II ⓘ
Part III ⓘ
subjectMatter biblical creation of the world ⓘ
creation of animals ⓘ
creation of light ⓘ
creation of man and woman ⓘ
titleInGerman Die Schöpfung ⓘ
linked to: The Creation

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Referenced by (13)

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

Joseph Haydn → notableWork → The Creation ⓘ
Hey Joe → hasNotableCoverArtist → The Creation ⓘ
The Creation → originalTitle → Die Schöpfung ⓘ
subject linked to: Haydn The Creation
linked to: The Creation
The Creation → titleInGerman → Die Schöpfung ⓘ
linked to: The Creation
The Seasons → follows → The Creation ⓘ
The Seasons → relatedWork → The Creation ⓘ
Die Jahreszeiten → followsWork → Die Schöpfung ⓘ
linked to: The Creation
The Representation of Chaos → partOf → The Creation ⓘ
The Heavens are Telling → partOf → The Creation ⓘ
Hob. XXI:2 → title → Die Schöpfung ⓘ
linked to: The Creation
Hob. XXI:2 → translatedTitle → The Creation ⓘ