![]() Since its publication, musicologists consider Vivaldi's Four Seasons to be among the boldest program music ever written during the Baroque period. ![]() The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni) consists of four concerti ( Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter), each one in a distinct form containing three movements with tempos in the following order: fast-slow-fast. ![]() Inspired by landscape paintings by Italian artist Marco Ricci, Vivaldi composed the Four Seasons roughly between 17, and published them in Amsterdam in 1725, in a set of twelve concerti entitled Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione ( The Test of Harmony and Invention). ![]()
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