Haydn The Seasons

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Haydn *The Seasons* is a large-scale oratorio by Joseph Haydn that vividly depicts the progression of the four seasons through choral, solo, and orchestral writing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral work
oratorio
basedOn James Thomson (poet, 1700–1748)
surface form: James Thomson The Seasons
catalogueNumber Hob. XXI:3
commissionedBy Gottfried van Swieten
completionYear 1801
composer Joseph Haydn
compositionPeriod Classical period
countryOfPremiere Austria
depicts Autumn
Spring
Summer
Winter
agricultural work
harvest festival
hunting
rural life
storm
follows Haydn The Creation
genre sacred oratorio
secular oratorio
keyFeature depiction of nature
tone painting
language German
librettist Gottfried van Swieten
notableInstrumentation contrabassoon
piccolo
trombone
part Autumn
Spring
Summer
Winter
premiereDate 1801-04-24
premiereLocation Vienna
scoring mixed chorus
orchestra
solo voices
soloistCharacter Hanne
Lukas
Simon
structure oratorio in four parts
title Die Jahreszeiten
usesForm aria
chorus
ensemble
recitative
vocalTypeOfHanne soprano
vocalTypeOfLukas tenor
vocalTypeOfSimon bass

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