This kind of extra-musical reference was avant-garde at the time, and the reception to the work varied widely, from adulation to mockery. He also added dramatic cues on individual parts, such as “Dog barking” during a viola passage in the “Spring” concerto. The composer may have written the sonnets himself, although that is still under debate. With that level of saturation, it’s not surprising that a number of recent attempts have focused on rethinking this timeless work.Īntonio Vivaldi’s most famous composition, first published in 1725, is a set of four violin concertos, considered “programmatic” music in that each is paired with a sonnet about one of the four seasons of the year.
A quick search of Spotify yielded over 500 versions, and the results hadn’t even finished loading.
The Four Seasons is one of the most-recorded works in all of classical music.
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