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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Heavens are Telling canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6439753 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Heavens are Telling Context triple: [The Creation, notableChorus, The Heavens are Telling]
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A.
Clarel
Clarel is a long, philosophical narrative poem by Herman Melville that explores faith, doubt, and pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
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B.
Bright Star
"Bright Star" is a 2009 romantic drama film directed by Jane Campion that portrays the tragic love story between poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne.
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C.
Heavenly Muse
Heavenly Muse is the divine, Christianized source of inspiration Milton appeals to in *Paradise Lost* to guide his epic account of humanity’s fall.
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D.
The Vanity of Human Wishes
The Vanity of Human Wishes is a 1749 satirical poem by Samuel Johnson that meditates on the futility of human ambition and the inevitability of disappointment.
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E.
The West Wind
The West Wind is a famous landscape painting by Canadian artist Tom Thomson, depicting a solitary pine tree bent by the wind and often seen as an emblem of the rugged Canadian wilderness.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Heavens are Telling Target entity description: "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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A.
Clarel
Clarel is a long, philosophical narrative poem by Herman Melville that explores faith, doubt, and pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
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B.
Bright Star
"Bright Star" is a 2009 romantic drama film directed by Jane Campion that portrays the tragic love story between poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne.
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C.
Heavenly Muse
Heavenly Muse is the divine, Christianized source of inspiration Milton appeals to in *Paradise Lost* to guide his epic account of humanity’s fall.
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D.
The Vanity of Human Wishes
The Vanity of Human Wishes is a 1749 satirical poem by Samuel Johnson that meditates on the futility of human ambition and the inevitability of disappointment.
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E.
The West Wind
The West Wind is a famous landscape painting by Canadian artist Tom Thomson, depicting a solitary pine tree bent by the wind and often seen as an emblem of the rugged Canadian wilderness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral composition
ⓘ
chorus ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Book of Psalms
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Psalm 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | Hoboken catalogue (as part of The Creation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonPerformanceLanguage | English ⓘ |
| composer | Joseph Haydn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| eraOfComposition | late 18th century ⓘ |
| firstPerformance | 19 March 1799 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
church service
ⓘ
concert performance ⓘ |
| workNumberInCatalogue | Hob. XXI:2 (within The Creation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: The Heavens are Telling Description of subject: "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.
Referenced by (2)
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subject surface form:
The Creation