Achieved Is the Glorious Work

Franz Joseph Haydn

Subtitle: From The Creation

General Info

Year: 1798 / 1965 / 2005
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Solo voices, chorus, and orchestra.
Publisher: Ensemble Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $16.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Extracted from the oratorio The Creation, this work is one of our most popular trombone quartets.

- Program Note from publisher

The Creation is an oratorio written between 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn (Hob. XXI:2), and considered by many to be one of his masterpieces. The oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio CD: Four of a Kind - 1997

State Ratings

Indiana: 072 TROMBONE QUARTETS
Indiana: 093 TROMBONE CHOIRS
Ohio: TROMBONE QUARTET A
Texas: Euphonium/Baritone Horn Quartet Class 1
Texas: Trombone Quartet Class 1

Performances

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Sheridan (Wy.) College Chamber Wind Ensemble (Eric Richards, conductor) - 22 November 2020
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Euphonium Quartet (unconducted) - 20 November 2020
Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Trombone Choir (John Stanley Ross, conductor) - 8 October 2020
Northern Illinois University (DeKalb) Trombone Choir (Jeremy Moeller, conductor) – 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Menuetto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (1795/2019)
Trumpet Concerto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1796/2021)

All Wind Works

Achieved Is the Glorious Work (arr. Miller) (1798/1965/2005)
Allegretto from "Symphony No. 100" (arr. Cipolla) (1794/)
Allegro from Concerto in C (Percussion Nonet) (arr. Coley) (1761–65/)
Allegro from Concerto in C (Percussion Quintet) (arr. Coley) (1761–65/)
Andante (arr. Barnes) (1988)
Chorale Saint Antoni (tr. Tolmage) (1953)
Classical Suite for Piano and Band (with Mozart; arr. Curnow) (2006)
Concerto for Bb Cornet or Trumpet (arr. Duthoit) (1796/1948)
Concerto for Oboe (arr. Monson)
Concerto for Trumpet in Eb Major (arr. Rumbelow) (1796/1999)
Concerto for Trumpet in Eb Major (arr. Laverty) (1796)
Concerto in C Major (arr. Zorn) (c. 1790 / )
Concerto No 2 for Horn and Winds (arr. Bushouse)
Derbyshire Cavalry Marches (arr. Hash and Walters) (1794/1995)
Divertimentos in C Major
Divertimentos in D Major
Divertimentos in G Major
Gypsy Rondo (arr. Marlatt) (1795/2016)
Horn Concerto No 1 in D
Haydn Symphony No. 11: Second Movement (tr. Holmes) (1760-62/1935)
Hungarian National March (arr. Landon) (1802/1960)
London Trio No. 3
Lux Prima (arr. Ford) (1791/2008)
March for the Prince of Wales
Marche Regimento de Marshall
Marches for the Derbyshire Cavalry Regiment
Menuetto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (1795/2019)
Military Symphony (tr. Tobani) (1794/1896)
Octet in F Major (1802)
Orlando Paladino Overture (arr. de Rubertis) (1782/1938)
Overture Militaire (arr. Skornicka) (1794/1938)
Partita in E-flat (ed. Colnot) (1760-1767)
Partita in F see: Partita for Winds in F major by Wranitzky
St Anthony Divertimento (tr. Wilcox) (1956)
Symphony No. 100 (tr. Tobani). See: Military Symphony
Symphony No. 100: Second Movement (arr. Posch) (1794/)
Symphony No. 100: Third Movement (arr. Johnson). See: Third Movement from "Symphony No. 100"
Theme and Variations from Symphony No 94 (arr. Marcus)
Third Movement from "Symphony No. 100" (arr. Johnson) (1794/)
Trumpet Concerto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1796/2021)
Two Classic Miniatures (with Hummel; arr. Williams) (1991)

Resources

The Creation (Haydn), Wikipedia. Accessed 8 October 2020
Haydn, F.; Miller, D. (1995). Achieved is the Glorious Work : From The Creation : Trombone Quartet [score]. Roundtree Music: [United States].