The Creation (Die Schöpfung): Vocal score (Classic Choral Works)

ISBN 10: 0193354713 ISBN 13: 9780193354715

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 1991

Synopsis

Next to Handel's Messiah, The Creation is perhaps the most frequently performed oratorio. This edition is the first to present the English text as Haydn intended, without the modifications of twentieth-century editions, and is the version used by Haydn in his many public renditions of the work using large forces. The keyboard reduction in this edition is by the Leipzig Cantor A. E. Müller, termed 'the best [and] most idiomatic' by Haydn himself. Full details of sources and editorial method, as well as a bibliography, can be found in the full score. Complete orchestral material and vocal scores are available on hire/rental, and vocal scores are available on sale.

About this title

Review:

The text is wonderfully clear . . . it appears that a clearly printed score has a positive psychological impact on the user and may make for a better performance. (Mastersinger)

Brown's edition is a formidable achievement . . . For the conductor who wishes to perform the work as Haydn did - and especially if large forces will be involved - this is now the score to use. (Choral Journal (USA))

Book Description:

`Brown's edition is a formidable achievement.' Choral Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0193354713
• ISBN 13: 9780193354715
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Brown A. Peter