Joseph Haydn -- The Creation -- Score

This video has been subtitled for the German-impaired. It has been produced by the request of Che Tafari. Have a piece of music you’d like to see with the score? SMW is happy to take requests. Although very famous nowadays, Joseph Haydn did not get much recognition during most of his career. He was employed by the House of Esterházy and so spent much of his time in the family’s country estate, isolated from the newest trends in music, and so he devised many of his own, codifying the forms of the symphony and string quartet. Later in his life, inspired by two very well-received concert tours of England, he was inspired to write oratorios, after attending performances of some of Handel’s works. The libretto was provided by Gottfried van Swieten, a Dutch diplomat, librarian (he invented the card catalog) and musical patron and promoter (he is seen in the play and film _Amadeus_ as a promoter and adviser to Mozart, and also promoted Beethoven). Van Swieten himself adapted the libretto from an earlier English one, originally offered to Handel (who rejected it for being excessively long) and whose authorship remains uncertain. Van Swieten also produced an English translation of his German version, but due to his poor command of that language, the result was rather awkward to perform, and the German version is now used almost exclusively. The text is taken from the Book of Genesis providing the recitatives, with choral texts from the Psalms, both taken from the German translation of the King James Version. Additional text is adapted from John Milton’s _Paradise Lost_ . The piece was originally written with the English audience in mind, and so the English literature was used. Score sourced through the International Music Score Library Project / Petrucci Music Library: :ImagefromIndex/777745/hfvy This video is produced for educational purposes, for the benefit of amateurs, enthusiasts, and professional musicians alike. No claim of ownership is made over the component parts of this video. 0:00 Titles 0:20 Prelude. Die Vorstellung des Chaos 7:02 Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde 10:17 Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle 14:35 Und Gott machte das Firmament 16:46 Mit Staunen sieht das Wunderwerk 18:43 Und Gott sprach: Es sammle sich das Wasser 19:34 Rollend in schäumenden Wellen 23:28 Und Gott sprach: Es bringe die Erde Gras hervor 24:10 Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün 30:09 Und die himmlischen Heerscharen verkündigten den dritten Tag 30:27 Stimmt an die Saiten 32:35 Und Gott sprach: Es sei’n Lichter an der Feste des Himmels 33:27 In vollem Glanze steiget jetzt die Sonne strahlend auf 36:35 Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes 41:47 Und Gott sprach: Es bringe das Wasser in der Fülle hervor 42:21 Auf starkem Fittiche schwinget sich der Adler stolz 49:55 Und Gott schuf große Walfische 52:18 Und die Engel rührten ihr’ unsterblichen Harfen 52:43 In holder Anmut stehn 58:04 Der Herr ist groß in seiner Macht 1:00:21 Es bringe die Erde hervor lebende Geschöpfe 1:00:53 Gleich öffnet sich der Erde Schoß 1:04:35 Nun scheint in vollem Glanze der Himmel 1:07:55 Und Gott schuf den Menschen 1:08:55 Mit Würd’ und Hoheit angetan 1:12:51 Und Gott sah jedes Ding 1:13:24 Vollendet ist das große Werk 1:14:55 Zu dir, o Herr, blickt alles auf 1:20:32 Vollendet ist das große Werk 1:23:35 Aus Rosenwolken bricht 1:29:36 Von deiner Güt, o Herr und Gott / Gesegnet sei des Herren Macht 1:40:07 Nun ist die erste Pflicht erfüllt 1:42:39 Holde Gattin, dir zur Seite 1:52:26 O glücklich Paar, und glücklich immerfort 1:52:54 Singt dem Herren alle Stimmen!