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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
The Seasons (Haydn) 3
Autumn (Haydn) 1
Haydn The Seasons canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf choral work ⓘ
oratorio ⓘ
basedOn 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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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spring (Haydn) → partOf → The Seasons (Haydn) ⓘ
subject linked to: Spring
linked to: Haydn The Seasons
Autumn (The Seasons) → partOf → The Seasons (Haydn) ⓘ
subject linked to: Autumn
linked to: Haydn The Seasons
Winter (Haydn) → partOf → The Seasons (Haydn) ⓘ
subject linked to: Winter
linked to: Haydn The Seasons
Winter (Haydn) → sharesCharactersWith → Autumn (Haydn) ⓘ
subject linked to: Winter
linked to: Haydn The Seasons
Hob. XXI:3 → refersTo → oratorio The Seasons by Joseph Haydn ⓘ
linked to: Haydn The Seasons