Joseph Haydn
THE CREATION
in Full Score
Late in his career, Haydn, inspired by the oratorios of Handel, turned to composing
oratorios himself, launching what would become a final brilliant and successful
phase of his extraordinarily rich and productive musical life. The Creation is the
most majestic achievement of that phase, a choral masterwork of seamless
perfection that joyfully celebrates the wonders related in the Book of Genesis. This
finely made volume, designed to provide a lifetime of study and enjoyment, is
reprinted from the authoritative edition published by C. F. Peters of Leipzig,
complete with the original German and English texts.
In The Creation, Haydn combined the traditions of the Handelian oratorio and the
Viennese mass with his own symphonic style to depict the glories of nature and
man’s innocent joy in it. That he did so with youthful freshness and vigor even at an
advanced age is vivid testament to the rarity of his gifts. Music lovers will find in
these pages the spiritually enkindling qualities that have made The Creation, after
Handel’s Messiah, the most popular and most performed oratorio of all time.
Unabridged Dover (1990) republication of Die Schöpfung (The Creation),
published by C. F. Peters, Leipzig, n.d. List of instruments. Translation of editor’s
foreword. Text underlay in both German and English. 256pp. 9 x 12. Paperbound.
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A DOVER EDITION DESIGNED FOR YEARS OF USE!
We have made every effort to make this the best book possible. Our paper is
opaque, with minimal show-through; it will not discolor or become brittle with age.
Pages are sewn in signatures, in the method traditionally used for the best books,
and will not drop out, as often happens with paperbacks held together with glue.
Books open flat for easy reference. The binding will not crack or split. This is a
permanent book.
ISBN 0—486—26411—4
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