Paintings in music: the story of “The Four Seasons” by VivaldiĮach concerto is accompanied by a sonnet composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Another fundamental and innovative characteristic of these concertos is that they are program music, that is, a type of purely descriptive music. The story of “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi 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). 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. What is a solo concerto ? We can consider Antonio Vivaldi the inventor of this type of concert. The story of The Four Seasons by Vivaldi: we explain the innovation The story of “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi is truly important because it marks a transition in the artistic creation of the time, from the concerto grosso baroque to modern solo concerto. The collection was composed by Vivaldi between 17 and was printed in Amsterdam in 1725. In other words, reason and imagination clash, struggle and reconcile at least, that was the composer’s intention. We start with Opus 8, which is a set of 12 concertos (also containing our own), which in Italian is called “ Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’invenzione ”-The Contest Between Harmony and Invention.

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