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 (Vivaldi) appears to have started this trend of adapting music from "The Four Seasons", and since then it has expanded into many aspects of the performing arts (as have other instrumental & vocal works by the composer). This "contest between harmony and invention" (as it were) now involves various genres around the world: 1775 The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) The Four Seasons () is a group of four violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year. They were written around 1721 and were published in 1725 in Amsterdam, together with eight