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.

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The Creation canonical 4
Die Schöpfung 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oratorio
alsoKnownAs Haydn The Creation
surface form: Haydn's Creation
basedOn Book of Genesis
Paradise Lost
surface form: John Milton's Paradise Lost

Psalms
catalogueNumber Hob. XXI:2
character Adam
Eve
Gabriel
surface form: archangel Gabriel

Raphael (archangel)
surface form: archangel Raphael

Archangel Uriel
surface form: 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
surface form: Breitkopf & Härtel (early edition)
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 The Creation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Die Schöpfung

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Joseph Haydn notableWork The Creation
Hey Joe hasNotableCoverArtist The Creation
Haydn The Creation originalTitle The Creation
subject surface form: The Creation
this entity surface form: Die Schöpfung
The Creation titleInGerman The Creation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Die Schöpfung
The Seasons follows The Creation
The Seasons relatedWork The Creation