page_title: The Creation (Haydn)
section_title: Structure
hierarchical_section_title: The Creation (Haydn) / Music / Structure
caption_attribution_description: The manuscript contains two works of Flavius Josephus - L'Antiquité Judaïque, in twenty books, and Bataille Judaïque in seven- written in Aramaic, that were propagated in Latin and vernacular languages in the Middle Ages and experienced a great difussion, despite the emergence of the printing. The manuscript must be one of those made for the alderman of Rouen, after 1460. The paintings which are located at the beginning of each book depict battles, looting, destruction and biblical episodes, with particular emphasis on the first one, the scene of Creation.
context_page_description: The Creation is an oratorio written between 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn, and considered by many to be one of his masterpieces. The oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis.
  The libretto was written by Gottfried van Swieten. The work is structured in three parts and scored for soprano, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and a symphonic orchestra. In parts I and II, depicting the creation, the soloists represent the archangels Raphael, Uriel and Gabriel. In part III, the bass and soprano represent Adam and Eve.
  The first public performance was held in Vienna at the old Burgtheater on 19 March 1799. The oratorio was published with the text in German and English in 1800.
context_section_description: The oratorio is structured in three parts. The first deals with the creation of light, of heaven and earth, of the sun and moon, of the land and water, and of plants. The second treats the creation of the animals, and of man and woman. The final part describes Adam and Eve during their happy time in the Garden of Eden, portraying an idealized love in harmony with the "new world".
  The oratorio is described below, for each part by both a table of the movements and description of individual movements. As in other oratorios, the larger musical numbers (arias and choruses) are often prefaced with a brief recitative; here, the recitative gives the actual words of Genesis, while the following number elaborates the bare Biblical narrative in verse. Choral movements are highlighted in a different background colour.
caption: The Creation in L'Antiquité Judaïque (1460/1470)
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