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The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a group of four violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year. These were composed around 1718–1720, when Vivaldi was the court chapel master in Mantua .
Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention) is a set of twelve concertos written by Antonio Vivaldi and published in 1725 as Op. 8. All are for violin solo, strings and basso continuo. The first four, which date back to 1718–23, are called The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni).
Antonio Vivaldi – Instrumental Works Cross-Reference: A reference guide, cross-listing works by Ryom [RV], Fanna [F], Pincherle [P], Ricordi, and Opus numbers, as well as providing several other helpful lists of Vivaldi's works; Catalogue of Vivaldi's works; RV catalogue (in French) Compositions by Antonio Vivaldi at AllMusic
The piece is a complete recomposition and reinterpretation of Vivaldi's violin concertos The Four Seasons. Although Richter said that he had discarded 75 percent of Vivaldi's original material, [1] the parts he does use are phased and looped, emphasising his grounding in postmodern and minimalist music. [2]
The Concerto alla rustica, unlike some other of Vivaldi's concertos, did not include a descriptive programme. [2] It was composed some time between mid-1720 and 1730, during which time Vivaldi was working on his Contest Between Harmony and Invention, Op. 8—the work from which his best-known set of compositions, The Four Seasons, derives.
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi [n 2] (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. [4] Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers.