!!!Viennese Classic
!!Joseph Haydn: ''Komm holder Lenz''

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height='180' alt='Snowdrops' caption='Snowdrops\\© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='120' popup='false'}]
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[{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Joseph_Haydn_Komm_holder_Lenz/090110b.jpg'
height='180' alt='Spring' caption='Spring\\© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='270'}]
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height='180' alt='Spring' caption='Spring\\© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='270'}]
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height='180' alt='Spring' caption='Spring\\© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='270'}]
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Joseph Haydn's (1732 Rohrau/Lower Austria - 1809 Vienna) Oratorio
''Die Jahreszeiten'' (The Seasons) (1801) was probably inspired by the
oratorios of Handel, which he had heard in London, just as his earlier
work ''Die Schoepfung'' (The Creation, 1789).  The text of the
''Jahreszeiten'' was written by James Thomson and was translated from
English by Gottfried van Swieten. It describes typical events of
country life throughout the year. Such subjects (along with the older
oratorios) concur with the spirit of Catholic reformation from Haydn's
youth which emphasized the spirit of a religion of nature.  (E. Stadler)

The musical example is the choir ''Komm, holder Lenz'' from
the section Spring ''Der Fruehling'' in a historical recording;
suitable pictures of the season can also be seen.


!Sound Clip
[{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Joseph_Haydn_Komm_holder_Lenz/090110am.mp3'
caption='Joseph Haydn: Komm holder Lenz\\© Otto G. Preiser & Co. Ges. m. b. H., Wien, CD-Nr. PR 93053'}]



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