The Seasons (Haydn)
| Die Jahreszeiten The Seasons | |
|---|---|
| Oratorio by Joseph Haydn | |
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 | |
| Catalogue | Hob. XXI:3 |
| Text | Gottfried van Swieten |
| Language | German |
| Based on | "The Seasons" by James Thomson |
| Performed | 24 April 1801: Vienna |
| Published | 1802 |
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The Seasons (German: Die Jahreszeiten, Hob. XXI:3) is a secular oratorio by Joseph Haydn, first performed in 1801.