The Creation


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A Choral Worship Cantata in SATB voicing composed by Franz Joseph Haydn, edited by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker.




The Cambridge Haydn Encyclopedia


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For well over two hundred years, Joseph Haydn has been by turns lionized and misrepresented - held up as celebrity, and disparaged as mere forerunner or point of comparison. And yet, unlike many other canonic composers, his music has remained a fixture in the repertoire from his day until ours. What do we need to know now in order to understand Haydn and his music? With over eighty entries focused on ideas and seven longer thematic essays to bring these together, this distinctive and richly illustrated encyclopedia offers a new perspective on Haydn and the many cultural contexts in which he worked and left his indelible mark during the Enlightenment and beyond. Contributions from sixty-seven scholars and performers in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, capture the vitality of Haydn studies today - its variety of perspectives and methods - and ultimately inspire further exploration of one of western music's most innovative and influential composers.




Engaging Haydn


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Haydn is enjoying renewed appreciation: this book explores fresh approaches to his music and the cultural forces affecting it.




The creation


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Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers


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This is a compelling and inspiring look at spiritual beliefs that influenced some of the world's greatest composers, now revised and expanded with eight additional composers.







Die Jahreszeiten


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Bible & Music


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The story of the Bible as told through music, Bible & Music is a ground-breaking conceptual study about the influence of the Bible on the history of Western music; the history of music as seen from the perspectives of the Bible. The focus is on diverse treatments of biblical subjects and characters in various genres, styles and cultural contexts, arranged according to the order of books of the Old Testament (except for Psalms which will be treated in a later volume). Scriptural themes are approached in their cultural reception in relation to composer, historical period, social context, genre, performing medium and style as they contribute to give expression, meaning and "Voice" to the biblical "Word'. Each chapter explores a specific composition or compositions drawn from the worlds of traditional, folk, liturgical, popular, classical and contemporary music. Extensive lists of musical works, bibliographies, biblical references to music and appendixes on musical instruments in the Bible, along with a comprehensive index make this work a handy reference tool [Publisher description].




Listening to Handel


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This book takes the listener through Handel's entire output, from his earliest works in Italy, through his more than 40 operas, and including the famous English oratorios Along the way it examines his orchestral music, the pieces he wrote for England's lavish royal ceremonies, and his surprisingly limited production of sacred music.




Haydn, The Creation


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"Haydn: The Creation" presents a thorough treatment of the genesis, structure, and performance implications of this perennial favorite. This volume draws upon recent research on the oratorio and on "The Creation" in particular. Incorporating the author's own research over the last 15 years, this volume traces the two-hundred-year history of the piece, analyzes its style, and brings together in a single source the relevant criticism and significant observations of the other specialists in this field, making it the definitive volume on this work for decades to come. Bruce MacIntyre is Associate Professor of Music at Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center where he teaches general courses in musicology as well as specialized courses on late eighteenth-century music, the mass and oratorio, and the music of Haydn.