Choir choral works, though not as numerous as his works for other media, stand out as some of his greatest (such as the "Great" Mass in C minor and Requiem in D minor, the latter of which is often considered the greatest Requiem Mass of all time). Haydn became more interested in choral music near the end of his life following his visits to England in the 1790s, when he heard various Handel oratorios performed by large forces; he wrote a series of masses beginning in 1797 and his two great oratorios "The Creation" and "The Seasons". Beethoven wrote only two
The Four Seasons (1981 film) The Four Seasons (1981 film) The Four Seasons is a 1981 American romantic comedy film written and directed by and starring Alan Alda, which co-stars Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Sandy Dennis, Rita Moreno, Jack Weston, and Bess Armstrong. It draws its title from the four concerti whose music Antonio Vivaldi composed, of which, along with other Vivaldi compositions, its music score consists. The film spawned a short-lived CBS series in 1984 produced by Alda. The story revolves around three upper middle-class married couples living in New York City who take vacations together during each of the seasons. After this pattern