Winter
E580032
"Winter" is the final section of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio *The Seasons*, depicting the cold, hardship, and reflective mood of the year’s closing months through vivid choral and orchestral writing.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Winter (Haydn) | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | oratorio section ⓘ |
| associatedWorkPeriod | late Haydn period ⓘ |
| basedOn | James Thomson’s poem cycle The Seasons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType | allegorical peasants and narrator ⓘ |
| composer | Joseph Haydn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
arias
ⓘ
choral movements ⓘ orchestral passages ⓘ recitatives ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 1799–1801 ⓘ |
| depicts |
cold
ⓘ
end of the year ⓘ hardship ⓘ reflective mood ⓘ winter season ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocationWithWork | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWithWork | 24 April 1801 ⓘ |
| genre | oratorio ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Classical era ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| librettist | Gottfried van Swieten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementType | multi-movement section ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | Classical ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeature |
dramatic contrasts
ⓘ
vivid tone painting ⓘ |
| partOf | The Seasons (Haydn) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCatalogue | Hob. XXI:3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork |
final section
ⓘ
fourth part ⓘ |
| sharesCharactersWith |
Autumn (Haydn)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spring (Haydn) NERFINISHED ⓘ Summer (Haydn) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textSourceLanguage | German ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
hope beyond hardship
ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ nature in winter ⓘ religious reflection ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext | concert performance of The Seasons ⓘ |
| uses |
chorus
ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ vocal soloists ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
bass solo
ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ soprano solo ⓘ tenor solo ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.