Haydn: The Creation (Monuments of Western Music)

Vienna, Haydn, And The Oratorio -- Post-enlightenment Vienna Of The 1790s -- Viennese Musical Life And The Oratorio -- Haydn And The Oratorio: First Experiences -- Genesis And Premiere -- Haydn's Late Compositional Activity -- The Birth Of The Creation -- Religious, Masonic, And Literary Influences -- The Preparation Of The Libretto -- The Compositional Process -- The First Performance -- The Libretto And The Musical Design -- The Libretto -- Haydn's Approach -- The Creation: Part 1 -- The Creation: Part 2 -- The Creation: Part 3 -- Performance Practice Considerations -- Preliminaries To Performance -- Matters Of Performance -- The Creation's Place In Music History -- Critical Reception: An Overview -- History Of The Musical Text -- Influences On Posterity -- The Creation As Masterpiece -- Comparative List Of Editions' Movement Numbers. Bruce C. Macintyre. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 319-323) And Indexes.