THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING

Composer: Joseph Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn (b. Rohrau, Austria, 1732; d. Vienna, Austria, 1809) Haydn's life was relatively uneventful, but his artistic legacy was truly astounding. He began his musical career as a choirboy in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, spent some years in that city making a precarious living as a music teacher and composer, and then served as music director for the Esterhazy family from 1761 to 1790. Haydn became a most productive and widely respected composer of symphonies, chamber music, and piano sonatas. In his retirement years he took two extended tours to England, which resulted in his "London" symphonies and (because of G. F. Handel's influence) in oratorios. Haydn's church music includes six great Masses and a few original hymn tune… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING
Composer:	Joseph Haydn
Meter:	Irregular
Incipit:	51112 22316 217
Key:	B♭ Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

The Heavens Are Telling

Salmo 19–Los cielos cuentan las obras

O praise ye the Lord, Prepare your glad voice

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Notes

From The Creation oratorio, Part I, No. 13.

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Timeline

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Organ Solo

Flexible Postludes: For Organ
Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Ludwig van Beethoven
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1988) pp. 12
The Organ Portfolio Volume 39 Number 4 April 1976: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Lani Smith; Franz Joseph Haydn
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1976) pp. 51
The Organist Volume 80 Number 4 September 1976: A Bi-monthly Magazine for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Roger C. Wilson; Ludwig van Beethoven
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1976) pp. 10
Sacred Songs for Concert- Pre-Set and Spinet Hammonds: The Willis Hammond Organ Series
Composer/Editor Orville R. Foster
Published By: The Willis Music Company (1958) pp. 17

Piano Solo

World's Favorite Hymns, Spirituals & Sacred Songs
Published By: Pearl Music (1993) pp. 40
The Psalm Sessions: Arranged especially for piano by Don Wyrtzen
Composer/Editor Don Wyrtzen
Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1989) pp. 8

Piano and Organ Duet

The Heavens Are Telling: Classics for Organ and Piano Duet
Composer/Editors Mary Charlotte Ball; Louis O. Ball, Jr.
Published By: Broadman Press (1979) pp. 1
The Heavens Are Telling: From "The Creation"
Composer/Editors Franz Joseph Haydn; Ellen Jane Lorenz
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1941) pp. 2