The Creation is an oratorio composed by Joseph Haydn between 1796 and 1798 and first performed privately in Vienna in 1798, with its public premiere the following year. Scored for orchestra, chorus and three vocal soloists representing the archangels Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael, it sets a German libretto drawn from the biblical book of Genesis and from Milton's Paradise Lost, depicting the seven days of creation in three parts culminating in the creation of Adam and Eve. Composed after Haydn had heard Handel's oratorios performed in London, it was received as an immediate triumph and is generally regarded as the summit of his choral output and one of the great oratorios of the Classical era.
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is an oratorio written in 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn
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The Creation (German: Die Schöpfung) is an oratorio written in 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn (Hob. XXI:2), and considered by many to be his masterpiece.
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The Creation (German: Die Schöpfung) is an oratorio written in 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn (Hob. XXI:2), and considered by many to be his masterpiece. The oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as narrated in
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The Creation (German: Die Schöpfung) is an oratorio written in 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn (Hob.
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