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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The Four Seasons canonical 24

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Predicate Object
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) ⓘ
Spring (La primavera) ⓘ
linked to: Primavera

Summer (L’estate) ⓘ
linked to: Summer (Poussin)

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 ⓘ
Antonio Vivaldi → notableWork → The Four Seasons ⓘ
subject linked to: Il Prete Rosso
Antonio Vivaldi → notableWork → The Four Seasons ⓘ
subject linked to: The Red Priest
RV 269–RV 297 → includesWork → The Four Seasons ⓘ
Autumn (L’autunno) → partOf → The Four Seasons ⓘ
Spring in E major → partOf → The Four Seasons ⓘ
Summer in G minor → partOf → The Four Seasons ⓘ
Autumn in F major → partOf → The Four Seasons ⓘ
RV 269 (Spring) → partOf → The Four Seasons ⓘ
Winter (L’inverno) → partOf → The Four Seasons ⓘ
Winter in F minor → partOf → The Four Seasons ⓘ
Winter in F minor → cycle → The Four Seasons ⓘ
RV 315 (Summer) → partOf → The Four Seasons ⓘ
RV 293 (Autumn) → partOf → The Four Seasons ⓘ
RV 293 (Autumn) → cycle → The Four Seasons ⓘ
RV 297 (Winter) → partOf → The Four Seasons ⓘ
The American Seasons → inspiredBy → The Four Seasons ⓘ
Four World Seasons → reimagines → The Four Seasons ⓘ
Four World Seasons → sharesSubjectWith → The Four Seasons ⓘ