The Seasons

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).