Seasons, The
Seasons, The (Die Jahreszeiten).
1. Secular oratorio by Joseph Haydn (Hob. XXI:3) to Ger. text by G. van Swieten based on Eng. poem (1726–30) by James Thomson (1700–48). Comp. 1799–1801. F.p. Vienna 1801.
2. 1-act ballet by Glazunov, Op.67 (1899).
3. Sub-title of Spohr's Sym. No.9 (1849–50).
1. Secular oratorio by Joseph Haydn (Hob. XXI:3) to Ger. text by G. van Swieten based on Eng. poem (1726–30) by James Thomson (1700–48). Comp. 1799–1801. F.p. Vienna 1801.
2. 1-act ballet by Glazunov, Op.67 (1899).
3. Sub-title of Spohr's Sym. No.9 (1849–50).
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