The Creation Hob. XXI:2 海頓 創世紀 騎熊士版

清唱劇《創世記》不僅是約瑟夫-海頓創作的一個關鍵點，同時也標誌著清唱劇歷史新篇章的開始"

作曲家: Haydn, Joseph
校訂者: Oppermann, Annette
出版社: Bärenreiter 騎熊士(小熊版)
難度: 4
原文簡介:
The oratorio “ The Creation” represents not only a crucial point in Joseph Haydn‘s compositional output, but at the same time, marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the oratorio.

At the turn of the 19th century, Haydn broke with the traditional dominance of the arias, giving the chorus a distinctly greater significance. This opened the way for a new kind of choral oratorio which became one of the standard features of developing bourgeois concert life. The plot is divided into three parts; Part One portrays the first four days of creation with the genesis of the world, the plants and the firmament, and in Part Two the animals are included.

Part Three takes as its theme the life of the first people, Adam and Eve, with the oratorio culminating in two major closing choruses of praise and thanks. The text, translated from the English original by Baron van Swieten , Prefect of the imperial court library in Vienna, combines prose texts of the creation story in Luther’s translation of the bible with complementary excerpts from John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” (duration: approx. 110 mins ).

- New edition based on the Urtext from the Complete Edition of “Joseph Haydn’s Works” , published by G. Henle Verlag

- Vocal score with a contemporary piano reduction by A. E. Müller , revised by A. Köhs

- Excellent presentation on the page