The Creation (Haydn)
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The Creation is an oratorio written in 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn, and considered by many to be his masterpiece. The oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as narrated in the Boo
From Europe a Prophecy, by William Blake
Portrait of Joseph Haydn by Johann Carl Rößler (1799)
Haydn lived in this large house, then in the suburbs of Vienna, while composing The Creation. It is now a Haydn museum.
Old Burgtheater, site of the 1799 public premiere in Vienna
Europe a Prophecy
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Europe a Prophecy is a 1794 prophetic book by the British poet and illustrator William Blake. It is engraved on 18 plates, and survives in just nine known copies. It followed America a Prophecy of 179
The Creation (Haydn)
…Die Schöpfung The Creation Oratorio by Joseph Haydn From Europe a Prophecy, by William Blake Catalogue Hob. XXI:2 Text Gottfried van Swieten Language German Based on Book of Genesis Psalms John Milton's Paradise Lost Composed…
The Ancient of Days, frontispiece to Europe a Prophecy. This is from copy K, in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
This is from copy K, in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Plate 13
Plate six of Europe a Prophecy, copy K. The poem envisions a world filled with suffering, with imagery connected to the politics of 1790s Britain