The Four Seasons

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The Four Seasons is a set of four Baroque violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, each vividly depicting a different season of the year and among the most famous works in classical music.

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instanceOf Baroque composition
programmatic music
violin concerto cycle
associatedWith set of four Italian sonnets
composer Antonio Vivaldi
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice
depicts Autumn
Spring
Summer
Winter
firstPublicationDate 1725
firstPublicationPlace Amsterdam
firstPublisher Michel-Charles Le Cène
genre violin concerto
hasCatalogueNumber RV 269 (Spring)
RV 293 (Autumn)
RV 297 (Winter)
RV 315 (Summer)
hasPart Autumn (L’autunno)
Primavera
surface form: Spring (La primavera)

Summer (Poussin)
surface form: Summer (L’estate)

Winter (L’inverno)
includesDepictionOf birdsongs
hunting scenes
icy winter landscapes
thunderstorms
influenced later programmatic concertos
isAmong most famous works in classical music
most frequently recorded classical pieces
keyOfPart Autumn in F major
Spring in E major
Summer in G minor
Winter in F minor
languageOfAssociatedTexts Italian
movementPattern fast–slow–fast
movementStructure each concerto in three movements
notableFor early example of program music
musical depiction of natural phenomena
numberOfConcertos 4
opusNumber Op. 8, Nos. 1–4
partOfLargerWork Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione
period Baroque era
RVNumberRange RV 269–RV 297
scoring basso continuo
solo violin and string orchestra
typicalPerformanceContext church
concert hall
typicalSoloInstrument violin

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Antonio Vivaldi notableWork The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi composed The Four Seasons
Il Prete Rosso notableWork The Four Seasons
subject surface form: Antonio Vivaldi
The Red Priest notableWork The Four Seasons
subject surface form: Antonio Vivaldi