The Heavens are Telling

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"The Heavens are Telling" is the famous final chorus of the first part of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio *The Creation*, celebrating the glory of God as revealed in nature.

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The Heavens are Telling canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral composition ⓘ
chorus ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
basedOn Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms

Psalm 19 ⓘ
cataloguedIn Hoboken catalogue (as part of The Creation) ⓘ
linked to: Hoboken catalogue
commonPerformanceLanguage English ⓘ
composer Joseph Haydn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
eraOfComposition late 18th century ⓘ
firstPerformance 19 March 1799 ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Vienna ⓘ
genre oratorio chorus ⓘ
hasMusicalForm chorus with solo passages ⓘ
hasMusicalTexture homophonic and polyphonic sections ⓘ
hasReputation one of the most famous choruses from The Creation ⓘ
hasTheme cosmic order ⓘ
nature as revelation of God ⓘ
hasTopic creation ⓘ
divine majesty ⓘ
isFrequentlyExcerptedFrom The Creation ⓘ
key C major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
liturgicalUse non-liturgical sacred concert use ⓘ
movementNumberInPart 13 ⓘ
notableLine “The heavens are telling the glory of God” ⓘ
originalLanguageOfWork German ⓘ
partOf The Creation ⓘ
partOfLargerForm three-part oratorio structure of The Creation ⓘ
period Classical era ⓘ
positionInWork final chorus of Part I ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scoring mixed choir ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
three vocal soloists ⓘ
subject glory of God in nature ⓘ
praise of God ⓘ
tempoMarking Allegro ⓘ
textAuthor Gottfried van Swieten ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext church service ⓘ
concert performance ⓘ
workNumberInCatalogue Hob. XXI:2 (within The Creation) ⓘ
linked to: Hob. XXI:2

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

The Creation → notableChorus → The Heavens are Telling ⓘ
subject linked to: Haydn The Creation
The Creation → notableChorus → The Heavens are Telling ⓘ
Hob. XXI:2 → notableChorus → The Heavens are Telling ⓘ