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Haydn THE SEASONS
1 Haydn THE SEASONS INTRODUCTION Haydn s last two masses, the Schopfungsmesse (1801) and the Harmoniemesse (1802), together with his Oratorio The SEASONS (Die Jahreszeiten), were the composer s last major works. He is reported to have said of The SEASONS that it broke my back . The work was, indeed, enormous, taking from 1798 to 1801 to complete, and the tireless effort which Haydn lavished on the score ruined his health. He became subject to nervousness, headaches, a continual sort of rheumatism or grippe, his eyes troubled him, and, in general, his health was permanently impaired. Although he lived on for some years, he never had the strength to put down on paper more than a few partsongs (Mehrstimmige Lieder), harmonisations for Scottish songs, and two movements of a string quartet.
Haydn The Seasons Programme Notes 3 the Lyrical Ballads, writes in the Preface to that pivotal work: “...The Seasons is a work of inspiration. It was no sooner read than universally admired.” Barthold Heinrich Brockes published a German translation in 1745 which usefully had the German and English texts side by side on the
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