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Among the influential composers of classical music, there have been few who have contributed so much in both talent, creativity, and style as Joseph Haydn and Ludwig Van Beethoven. Both extremely talented in the art of classical composition, Haydn and Beethoven placed their heart, soul and ingenuity in their music as is clearly illustrated in Haydn's The Creation and Beethoven's The Creatures of Prometheus. Both composers display sheer genius in their very effective ways of displaying complex themes through their musical works - in this case, the concept of creation is common to both pieces under study. Haydn's connection to the concept of Genesis and its subtleties is quite evident thought his entire composition. Looking at Haydn's religious piety and as some would argue, unrealistic optimism, it is only fitting that Haydn expressed the concept of creation as an oratoria, which is the biblical counterpart to opera; instead of the various propounded themes of then-contemporary opera, the underlying theme is strictly of biblical concepts and stories. The opening pitch and dynamic of the work are absolutely equal. The overture is introduced in fortissimo and without vigor. The possible reason for such a SLOW pace was to make it ha
Beethoven's incredible crafting through the use of extremes, however, was not excessive as one could superficially see but in fact intrinsic to displaying such vivid imagery. Prometheus has a purpose for showing them; he wants Apollo to grant them reason and emotions. The Creatures of Prometheus is the other work under our study and is equally as majestic in its purpose - to convey and express the feeling and emotions that go along with the concept of creation. The glory of war, and consequently the tragedy of such in D minor is displayed. Upon the god's collaboration, the creatures are definitely not the same. The fourth part brings forth god's new creation again, with musically depicted order (A major). To connote a sense of transition, Haydn moves from the ominous key of C minor to the more stable and majestic major of the same key. In scene IV, Prometheus shows his creatures to Apollo who was the god of the sun, music, the arts, and medicine. The finale is back to happiness and triumphance as Prometheus is praised ! for his achievements and his remarkable creatures. With the dynamics constantly in rise, Haydn introduces a whole cast of animals in Raphael's recitative: the contrabassoon for the roar of the lion, upward leaps of the orchestra for the leap of the tiger, tempo changes for the stag, triplets for the horse's hooves, flutes for the pastoral cattle and sheep, tremolos in strings for the insects, and an adagio pace with low ranges of the orchestra for the worm. The introduction and overture are connected and there doesn't seem to be any indication of when Prometheus brings forth his creatures. Beethoven wanted a unique instrument to represen! t Apollo, after all he represented the notion of powerful music; Other stringed instruments like the violin were much too common for this purpose. In aiming for such ambiguity, Haydn intentionally fails to express a definite key, chord or melody in the first few bars, and as a result the listener is met with a rather formless initial introduction. I feel that Beethoven's efforts were more effective simply because by concentrating upon the music alone, he was able to hone the imagery more precisely, not relying upon words to concretize his ideas. , and Apollo in the cadenza with the cello.
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