What is the name for large-scale musical works such as Handel’s Messiah and Haydn’s The Creation?
The Creation (Haydn) soprano represent Adam and Eve. The first public performance was held in Vienna at the old Burgtheater on 19 March 1799. The oratorio was published with the text in German and English in 1800. Haydn was inspired to write a large oratorio during his visits to England in 1791–1792 and 1794–1795, when he heard oratorios of George Frideric Handel performed by large forces. It is likely that Haydn wanted to try to achieve results of comparable weight, using the musical language of the mature classical style. Among the Handel works Haydn heard was "Israel in Egypt", which includes various episodes
Handel and Haydn Society decades. The Handel and Haydn Society has given a number of notable American premieres, including Handel's "Messiah" in 1818, and Haydn's "The Creation" in 1819. The Society also sponsored the first American publication of an edition of "Messiah" in 1816. It presented the U.S. premieres of musical settings by many baroque and classical composers, including Mozart and Bach. An 1818 assessment in the "New England Palladium" magazine said: Some early reviews noted that public interest waned after a few years as many standard works were repeated. John Rowe Parker wrote in the "Euterpeiad": The Society's principal chronicler believes that repeating