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245 10 a| Haydn, The Creation /c| Nicholas Temperley.;

260 a| Cambridge ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 1991.;

300 a| vii, 135 pages :b| music ;c| 22 cm.;

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490 1 a| Cambridge music handbooks;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-131) and index.;

520 a| This book places The Creation within the oratorio tradition, bearing in mind its intended early audiences in both Austria and England, and contrasts the theological and literary character of the English libretto with the Viennese milieu of the first performances. The complete text is provided in both English and German versions as a reference point for discussion of the design of the work and the musical treatment of the words, including questions of Haydn's pictorialism. A more detailed musical chapter examines the work through the movement types it employs--arias and ensembles, recitatives and choruses--distinguishing the Handelian model from Haydn's own classical idiom. The author also discusses the changing performance traditions of this work and surveys the critical reception throughout its history. In a useful appendix he quotes from the most significant critical literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.;

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Haydn, The Creation / Nicholas Temperley.

Author/creator	Temperley, Nicholas
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Description	vii, 135 pages : music ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Schöpfung. Oratorio. Oratorios--Analysis, appreciation.

Series	Cambridge music handbooks Cambridge music handbooks. ^A275900
Contents	Background. The Viennese oratorio ; The English oratorio ; Haydn's career ; Haydn's oratorios -- Theology. Religion in Georgian England ; Religion in Catholic Austria ; Haydn's religion -- The libretto. Authorship ; Sources, structure, and revision ; Literary character ; Translation and adaptation -- Composition, performance and reception. Genesis and composition ; First performances in Vienna ; Publication ; First London performances ; Early Paris performances ; First American performances ; Critical reception -- Design of the work. Overall plan ; Musical unity ; Text and musical treatment -- Musical analysis. Secco recitative ; Accompanied recitative ; Arias and ensembles ; Choruses ; Orchestral movements ; The hymn -- Excerpts from critical essays. Carl Friedrich Zelter (1802) ; William Gardiner (1811) ; Thomas Busby (1819) ; Edward Taylor (1834) ; P.L.A. (1846) ; George Alexander Macfarren (1854) ; Hugo Wolf (1885) ; Paul Dukas (1904) ; Heinrich Schenker (1926) ; Donald Francis Tovey (1934) ; Karl Geiringer (1963) ; Charles Rosen (1972).
Abstract	This book places The Creation within the oratorio tradition, bearing in mind its intended early audiences in both Austria and England, and contrasts the theological and literary character of the English libretto with the Viennese milieu of the first performances. The complete text is provided in both English and German versions as a reference point for discussion of the design of the work and the musical treatment of the words, including questions of Haydn's pictorialism. A more detailed musical chapter examines the work through the movement types it employs--arias and ensembles, recitatives and choruses--distinguishing the Handelian model from Haydn's own classical idiom. The author also discusses the changing performance traditions of this work and surveys the critical reception throughout its history. In a useful appendix he quotes from the most significant critical literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-131) and index.
LCCN	90001859
ISBN	0521372550
ISBN	9780521372558
ISBN	0521378656 (pbk.)

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