Autumn in F major

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"Autumn in F major" is the third violin concerto in Antonio Vivaldi’s famous Baroque suite The Four Seasons, depicting scenes and moods of the autumn season through programmatic music.

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Autumn in F major canonical 1
F major (L’autunno) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composition ⓘ
programmatic composition ⓘ
violin concerto ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate circa 1716–1723 ⓘ
associatedPoem Italian sonnet describing autumn scenes ⓘ
bassoContinuo harpsichord or organ ⓘ
catalogueNumber RV 293 ⓘ
linked to: RV 293 (Autumn)
composer Antonio Vivaldi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice ⓘ
dedicatedTo Count Wenzel von Morzin (via Op. 8 dedication) ⓘ
depicts autumn hunt ⓘ
autumn season ⓘ
drunken revelry ⓘ
harvest celebrations ⓘ
sleep after festivities ⓘ
ensemble string orchestra ⓘ
form ritornello form (outer movements) ⓘ
genre concerto ⓘ
hasSeason autumn ⓘ
historicalContext early 18th-century Venetian concerto tradition ⓘ
key F major ⓘ
languageOfText Italian (sonnet captions) ⓘ
movement Adagio molto (second movement) ⓘ
Allegro (first movement) ⓘ
Allegro (third movement) ⓘ
movementCount three movements ⓘ
musicalEra early 18th century ⓘ
notableFeature contrast between lively dances and calm sleep ⓘ
depiction of drunken peasants through rhythmic figures ⓘ
use of musical imagery to depict hunting horns ⓘ
numberOfMovements 3 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 8 ⓘ
partOf Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, Op. 8 ⓘ
The Four Seasons ⓘ
positionInSeries third concerto in The Four Seasons ⓘ
publishedIn Amsterdam ⓘ
publisher Michel-Charles Le Cène ⓘ
relatedWork Spring in E major ⓘ
Summer in G minor ⓘ
Winter in F minor ⓘ
scoring solo violin, strings, and continuo ⓘ
soloInstrument violin ⓘ
stylePeriod Baroque ⓘ
subGenre violin concerto ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration about 10–12 minutes ⓘ
workTitleLanguage Italian ⓘ

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The Four Seasons → keyOfPart → Autumn in F major ⓘ
Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione → primaryKeyInFamousSet → F major (L’autunno) ⓘ
linked to: Autumn in F major