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| Composer : | Haydn, Joseph (1732 - 1809) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Viola and Piano (or organ) | ||||
| Style : | Classical | ||||
| Key : | D major | ||||
| Arranger : Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
| Added by magataganm, 07 Sep 2023 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Viennese Classic period. Joseph, brother of the composer Michael Haydn and the tenor Johann Evangelist Haydn, spent the greater part of his professional career as a court musician at the country estate of the wealthy Hungarian Esterházy family, whose orchestra and opera he conducted. He described the isolation from other composers and musical currents with the words: "I was cut off from the world, no one around me could fool me and torment me about myself, and so I had to become original."Die_Schöpfung" (The Creation) is an oratorio by Joseph Haydn, (Hob. XXI Part II). The work was written from 1796 to 1798 as the third of his four oratorios. It deals with the creation of the world as it is told in the first chapter of Genesis (the story of creation in the Priestly Scriptures). It follows the works of God mentioned there on days one through six, but instead of day seven it gives a contemplation of the first men in Paradise (the last five of 34 musical numbers). The Creation was composed for three vocal soloists (soprano, tenor and bass), four-part choir (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) and a large late classical orchestra, consisting of: three flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, a contrabassoon, two French horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, and the usual string section with first and second violins, viola, cello, double bass. A keyboard instrument takes over the chordal execution of the basso continuo. This not only accompanies the recitatives, but also arias and choirs. There is little doubt that, by the standards of his day, Haydn desired a large volume of sound. Between the first private performances and the premiere, Haydn added further instrumental parts to the work. 120 instrumentalists and 60 singers performed at the premiere. The three soloists represent archangels who narrate and comment on the six days of creation: Gabriel (soprano), Uriel (tenor) and Raphael (bass). Following Haydn's practice, in Part 3 the roles of Adam and Eve are usually sung by the soloists, who also sing Raphael and Gabriel. However, some conductors prefer to fill the five roles with five soloists. Although there is a passage for an alto soloist in Creation, this is limited to four amen in the final chorus. The chorus is entered in a series of monumental choral passages, some of which celebrate the end of a day of creation. The orchestra often plays without vocal accompaniment, especially in tone painting episodes: the rising of the sun, the creation of the various animals and in the overture - the description of the chaos before creation. Source: Wikipedia (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Sch%C3%B6pfung). Although originally composed for Solo bass voice & Orchestra, I created this Interpretation of "Nun scheint in vollem Glanze der Himmel" (Now the sky shines in full splendor) from "Die_Schöpfung" (The Creation Hob. XXI Part II No. 22) for Viola & Piano. Sheet central : | La Création "Die Schöpfung" (15 sheet music) | | |||
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