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Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" is one of the great masterpieces of the classical period. This absorbing & original account of the work by Nicholas Temperley provides an indispensable guide for the concert-goer, performer & student alike, placing the work within the oratorio tradition, & contrasting the theological & literary character of the English libretto with the Viennese milieu of the first performances. The complete text is provided in both German and English versions as a useful reference point for discussion of the design of the work, the musical treatment of the words, including questions of Haydn's pictorialism, and a detailed examination of the different movement types employed. The book also contains a brief history of the reception of the work with appendices of notes on the changing performance traditions and selected extracts from critical accounts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Cambridge University Press, 1991: 1999 paperback, 135pp.
