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Haydn, the Creation

Haydn's Creation is one of the masterpieces of the classical period. In this absorbing and original account of the work the author places The Creation within the oratorio tradition, contrasting the theological and literary character of the English libretto with the Viennese milieu of the first performances.
Print Book, English, 1991
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], 1991
Criticism, interpretation, etc
vii, 135 pages : tables, music ; 23 cm
9780521372558, 9780521378659, 0521372550, 0521378656
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Background. The Viennese oratorio ; The English oratorio ; Haydn's career ; Haydn's oratorios
Theology. Religion in Georgian England ; Religion in Catholic Austria ; Haydn's religion
The libretto. Authorship ; Sources, structure, and revision ; Literary character ; Translation and adaptation
Composition, performance and reception. Genesis and composition ; First performances in Vienna ; Publication ; First London performances ; Early Paris performances ; First American performances ; Critical reception
Design of the work. Overall plan ; Musical unity ; Text and musical treatment
Musical analysis. Secco recitative ; Accompanied recitative ; Arias and ensembles ; Choruses ; Orchestral movements ; The hymn
Excerpts from critical essays. Carl Friedrich Zelter (1802) ; William Gardiner (1811) ; Thomas Busby (1819) ; Edward Taylor (1834) ; P.L.A. (1846) ; George Alexander Macfarren (1854) ; Hugo Wolf (1885) ; Paul Dukas (1904) ; Heinrich Schenker (1926) ; Donald Francis Tovey (1934) ; Karl Geiringer (1963) ; Charles Rosen (1972)
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