The Creation Hob XXI:2
Oratorio
by Franz Joseph Haydn
STB - Sheet Music

Chorus (with soloists) and piano (solos: STB - choir: SATB - 3.2.2.2.dble bsn - 2.2.3.0. - timp - str - bc)

SKU: BR.EB-118

Oratorio. Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Paul Klengel. Arranged by Paul Klengel. Choir; Softbound. Edition Breitkopf.

In the late 18th century, Joseph Haydn composed a choral work - The Creation - which set the standard for the sacred oratorio genre that stood long after the Viennese classical era and far beyond the boundaries of the German linguistic spher. Oratorio/passion; Classical. Piano/Vocal Score. 220 pages. Duration 120'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 118. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-118).

ISBN 9790004160084. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. German / English / French.

Following sensationally acclaimed premiere performances in Vienna, The Creation was published in several languages and by various publishing houses, including Breitkopf & Hartel in Leipzig. We now know that a continuo instrument was used for Haydn's oratorio as premiered in Vienna. The supplementary continuo part enables an historically accurate reproduction for the first time: the harpsichord (and, increasingly, the pianoforte) fulfilled the important continuo function in the orchestras of the time.

In the late 18th century, Joseph Haydn composed a choral work - The Creation - which set the standard for the sacred oratorio genre that stood long after the Viennese classical era and far beyond the boundaries of the German linguistic sphere.