Autumn

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"Autumn" is the third section of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "The Seasons," depicting the harvest time and associated rural festivities through vivid choral and orchestral writing.

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Label Occurrences
Autumn canonical 4
Autumn (from the Four Seasons) 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
oratorio section
associatedWith Viennese Classicism
basedOn The Seasons by James Thomson
composer Joseph Haydn
countryOfOrigin Austria
depicts changing seasons
harvest time
hunting scene
nature
peasant celebration
rural festivities
wine harvest
dramaticFunction celebration and thanksgiving
features arias
choral writing
choruses
orchestral writing
programmatic elements
recitatives
followedBy Winter (The Seasons)
follows Summer (The Seasons)
genre oratorio
hasPart drinking chorus
harvest chorus
hunting chorus
solo scenes for peasants
language German
librettist Gottfried van Swieten
musicalStyle Classical
narrativeRole depicts maturity of the year
orchestration chorus
orchestra
vocal soloists
partOf The Seasons (Haydn)
linked to: Haydn The Seasons
sequenceInWork third section
textSourceLanguage English
tonalLanguage tonal
uses contrasting dynamics
orchestral color to depict scenes
tone painting
workPeriod early 19th century

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Haydn The Seasons part Autumn
Haydn The Seasons depicts Autumn
Nicolas Lancret notableWork Autumn (from the Four Seasons)
linked to: Autumn
The Seasons, Op. 67 part Autumn
The Four Seasons hasPart Autumn