{"id":12106,"date":"2021-03-26T17:05:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T16:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imusiciveneziani.com\/?p=12106"},"modified":"2021-03-26T17:05:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T16:05:18","slug":"the-story-of-the-four-seasons-by-vivaldi-all-about-this-famous-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imusiciveneziani.com\/en\/the-story-of-the-four-seasons-by-vivaldi-all-about-this-famous-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of The Four Seasons by Vivaldi: all about this famous concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

The story of The Four Seasons by Vivaldi: preliminary information<\/b><\/h2>\n

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We start with Opus 8, which is a set of 12 concertos (also containing our own), which in Italian is called \u201c<\/span>Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’invenzione<\/b>\u201d\u2014The Contest Between Harmony and Invention. In other words, reason and imagination clash, struggle and reconcile; at least, that was the composer’s intention. The collection was composed by Vivaldi between 1723 and 1725 and was printed in Amsterdam in 1725. <\/span>The story of “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi<\/b> is truly important because it marks a transition in the artistic creation of the time, from the <\/span>concerto grosso baroque<\/b> to modern <\/span>solo concerto<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The story of The Four Seasons by Vivaldi: we explain the innovation<\/b><\/h3>\n

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What is a <\/span>solo concerto<\/b>? We can consider <\/span>Antonio Vivaldi<\/b> the inventor of this type of concert. We now find ourselves before one or more solo instruments that dialogue with the rest of the instruments, which in turn respond, in a mandatory way, to the soloist’s improvisations. <\/span>The story of “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi<\/b> therefore introduces a new way to organize an orchestra, with a solo violin, a string quartet (first and second violin, viola and cello) and a basso continuo (harpsichord or organ). Another fundamental and innovative characteristic of these concertos is that they are <\/span>program music<\/b>, that is, a type of purely <\/span>descriptive<\/b> music.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Paintings in music: the story of “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi<\/b><\/p>\n

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Each concerto is accompanied by a sonnet composed by Antonio Vivaldi. At least, he was the alleged composer; some argue, on the contrary, that these sonnets were composed later by an anonymous author. <\/span>\u201cThe Four Seasons\u201d by Vivaldi<\/b><\/a> is truly a musical tableaux, which tells the cycle and the alternation of the seasons, each with its own characteristics. <\/span>The story of “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi<\/b> begins with:<\/span><\/p>\n

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