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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque music work
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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
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drunken revelry ⓘ harvest celebrations ⓘ sleep after drinking ⓘ |
| depictsSeason | autumn ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1725 ⓘ |
| genre |
concerto
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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)
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Allegro (first movement) ⓘ Allegro (third movement) ⓘ |
| movementCount | 3 ⓘ |
| musicalTexture | homophony and polyphony ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
contrasts between festive and calm moods
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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
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Summer (L’estate) NERFINISHED ⓘ Winter (L’inverno) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoring |
basso continuo
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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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