Die Schöpfung
Oratorio for sop., ten., bass, ch., and orch. by Haydn, comp. 1796–8, at suggestion of Salomon to text by unknown Eng. author trans. into Ger. by Baron Gottfried van Swieten who also provided a re‐trans. into Eng. (later modified). F.p. Vienna 1798, London 1800, Boston, Mass. (complete) 1819. Contains famous sop. aria 'With verdure clad' and ch. 'The heavens are telling the glory of God'. A trans. by Haydn's London friend Mrs. Anne Hunter has recently been discovered and used in perf.
