AusbundThe Ausbund ("Paragon" in German) is the oldest Anabaptist hymnal and one of the oldest Christian song books in continuous use. It is used today by North American Amish congregations. The core of the Ausbund is based on fifty-one songs written by Anabaptists from Passau, Bavaria. Eleven of these songs were written by their leader, Michael Schneider. Twelve others may have been written by Hans Betz. The hymns were composed in the dungeon of Passau Castle, where the Anabaptists were imprisoned between 1535 and 1540 because of their convictions.
Die SchöpfungDie Schöpfung (La Création) est un oratorio écrit entre 1796 et 1798 par Joseph Haydn (Hob. XXI:2). D'aucuns considèrent cet oratorio comme étant son chef-d'œuvre. Il raconte et il célèbre la création de l'Univers décrite dans le Livre de la Genèse. Haydn eut l'idée d'écrire un grand oratorio lors de ses visites en Angleterre en 1791-1792 et en 1794-1795, où il entendit ceux de Haendel joués par de grands orchestres. L’oratorio Israël en Égypte était possiblement de ce nombre.
Clavier-Übung IIIThe Clavier-Übung III, sometimes referred to as the German Organ Mass, is a collection of compositions for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, started in 1735–36 and published in 1739. It is considered Bach's most significant and extensive work for organ, containing some of his most musically complex and technically demanding compositions for that instrument. In its use of modal forms, motet-style and canons, it looks back to the religious music of masters of the stile antico, such as Frescobaldi, Palestrina, Lotti and Caldara.
