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.
Title page of 1805 edition
The Cottagers by Joshua Reynolds based on Thomson's "Autumn" poem
Musidora by Thomas Gainsborough
The Seasons (Haydn)
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The Seasons is a secular oratorio by Joseph Haydn, first performed in 1801.
The Seasons (Thomson)
…Brockes (1745). This translation formed the basis for a work with the same title by Gottfried van Swieten, which became the libretto for Haydn's oratorio The Seasons. Artists such as Thomas Medland, Anker Smith and John Neagle (1792) created engravings to accompany the poems. A bathing scene from Summer inspired…
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