Haydn's Creation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Haydn's_Creation
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Oratorio
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:Hob._XXI:2
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Joseph_Haydn
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Gottfried_van_Swieten
gptkbp:duration Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes
gptkbp:featuresCharacter gptkb:Uriel
gptkb:Adam
gptkb:Raphael
gptkb:Gabriel
gptkb:Eve
gptkbp:firstPerformed 1799-03-19
gptkbp:genre Sacred choral work
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Haydn's Creation
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Handel's_oratorios
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Baron_Gottfried_van_Swieten
gptkbp:movement 34
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:The_Heavens_are_Telling
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:Die_Schöpfung
gptkbp:period Classical
gptkbp:premiereDate 1798-04-29
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Vienna
gptkbp:publishedIn 1800
gptkbp:scoredFor Soloists, chorus, and orchestra
gptkbp:structure Three parts
gptkbp:subject The creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis, Psalms, and Milton's Paradise Lost
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:York_Festival_of_1823
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6