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 Challenge: Battle of the Seasons The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the 23rd season of the MTV reality game show, "The Challenge". Although sharing the same name as the show's 5th season, "", unlike other sequel seasons is not distinguished as part "II" as the Season has a completely different format as well as different rules. The season took place in Bodrum, Turkey and Swakopmund, Namibia. Former casts from select seasons of MTV's "The Real World" and "The Challenge" competed with the hopes of winning a piece of the $250,000 grand prize. This is the first season since