Autumn (L’autunno)

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Autumn (L’autunno) is the third violin concerto in Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, vividly depicting the moods and scenes of the fall season through programmatic Baroque music.

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instanceOf Baroque music work
programmatic composition
violin concerto
associatedPoem sonnet describing autumn festivities and hunting
catalogNumber RV 293
composer Antonio Vivaldi NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
depicts autumn hunting scene
drunken revelry
harvest celebrations
sleep after drinking
depictsSeason autumn
firstPublication 1725
genre concerto
program music
violin concerto
historicalSignificance one of the earliest and most famous examples of program music in concerto form
influenced later programmatic concertos
key F major
languageOfTitle Italian
movement Adagio molto (second movement)
Allegro (first movement)
Allegro (third movement)
movementCount 3
musicalTexture homophony and polyphony
notableCharacteristic contrasts between festive and calm moods
use of musical imagery to depict extra-musical scenes
virtuosic solo violin writing
numberInSeries third concerto
partOf The Four Seasons NERFINISHED
period Baroque era
positionInOpus Op. 8 No. 3
relatedWork Spring (La primavera) NERFINISHED
Summer (L’estate) NERFINISHED
Winter (L’inverno) NERFINISHED
scoring basso continuo
solo violin
string orchestra
setWithin Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, Op. 8 NERFINISHED
structureFeature ritornello form sections
style Baroque
titleInEnglish Autumn NERFINISHED
titleInItalian L’autunno NERFINISHED
typicalEnsemble Baroque orchestra
typicalPerformanceDuration about 10 minutes

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The Four Seasons hasPart Autumn (L’autunno)