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The Seasons (Haydn)
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The Seasons is a secular oratorio by Joseph Haydn, first performed in 1801.
Title page of the first edition. Translated it reads, "The Seasons / after Thomson, / set to music by / Joseph Haydn. / Score. // Original edition. / [published by] Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig
Title page of the first edition. Translated it reads, "The Seasons / after Thomson, / set to music by / Joseph Haydn. / Score. // Original edition. /
The Seasons (Thomson)
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The Seasons is a series of four poems written by the Scottish author James Thomson. The first part, Winter, was published in 1726, and the completed poem cycle appeared in 1730.
The Seasons (Haydn)
…other things commissioning Mozart's reorchestration of Handel's Messiah). Van Swieten's libretto was based on extracts from the long English poem "The Seasons" by James Thomson (1700–1748), which had been published in 1730. Whereas in The Creation Swieten was able to limit himself to rendering an existing…
Title page of 1805 edition
Title page of 1805 edition
The Cottagers by Joshua Reynolds based on Thomson's "Autumn" poem
The Cottagers by Joshua Reynolds based on Thomson's "Autumn" poem
Musidora by Thomas Gainsborough
Musidora by Thomas Gainsborough