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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Autumn (L’autunno) canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque music work ⓘ
programmatic composition ⓘ
violin concerto ⓘ
associatedPoem sonnet describing autumn festivities and hunting ⓘ
catalogNumber RV 293 ⓘ
composer Antonio Vivaldi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice ⓘ
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 ⓘ
period Baroque era ⓘ
positionInOpus Op. 8 No. 3 ⓘ
relatedWork Spring (La primavera) ⓘ
linked to: Primavera

Summer (L’estate) ⓘ
linked to: L'Été

Winter (L’inverno) ⓘ
scoring basso continuo ⓘ
solo violin ⓘ
string orchestra ⓘ
setWithin Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, Op. 8 ⓘ
structureFeature ritornello form sections ⓘ
style Baroque ⓘ
titleInEnglish Autumn ⓘ
titleInItalian L’autunno ⓘ
typicalEnsemble Baroque orchestra ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration about 10 minutes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Four Seasons → hasPart → Autumn (L’autunno) ⓘ
Winter (L’inverno) → precededBy → Autumn (L’autunno) ⓘ
Winter (L’inverno) → follows → Autumn (L’autunno) ⓘ
Winter (L’inverno) → commonlyPerformedWith → Autumn (L’autunno) ⓘ