The Seasons (Haydn) the words are essentially van Swieten's own or even imported from foreign sources." Like "The Creation", "The Seasons" was intended as a bilingual work. Since Haydn was very popular in England (particularly following his visits there in 1791–1792 and 1794–1795), he wished the work to be performable in English as well as German. Van Swieten therefore made a translation of his libretto back into English, fitting it to the rhythm of the music. Olleson notes that it is "fairly rare" that the translated version actually matches the Thomson original. Van Swieten's command of English was not perfect, and the English
The Men Who Make the Music Pilmer, webmaster of the official Devo website, indicated a DVD release by MVD later in the year. The DVD was released the following August, including a bonus feature of Devo's 1996 reunion show at the Sundance Film Festival. A concert film of Devo on their 1979 tour of Japan was also titled "The Men Who Make the Music", and features live performances of "Secret Agent Man", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "Too Much Paranoias", "Uncontrollable Urge", "Mongoloid" and "Jocko Homo", filmed at Nippon Budokan. The performance of "Red Eye" from this show is also on the official "The Men Who