THE FOUR SEASONS : WINTER ANTONIO VIVALDI ( )
BAROQUE EUROPEAN CLASSICAL MUSIC FROM 1600 TO DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL TONALITY. ELABORATE MUSICAL ORNAMENTATION, CHANGES IN MUSICAL NOTATION, NEW INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING TECHNIQUES. ESTABLISHED OPERA AS A MUSICAL GENRE. MANY MUSICAL TERMS AND CONCEPTS ARE STILL IN USE TODAY.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH ( )
ARCANGELO CORELLI ( )
HENRY PURCELL (1659 ? -1695)
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI ( )
ANTONIO VIVALDI ( )
ITALY
VENICE
THE FOUR SEASONS SPRINGSUMMERAUTUMNWINTER
CONCERTO No. 4 IN F MINOR, Op. 8, RV 297, " L ‘ INVERNO " ( WINTER ) ALLEGRO NON MOLTO LARGO ALLEGRO
SONNETS AND ALLUSIONS THE FOUR CONCERTOS WERE WRITTEN TO GO ALONG WITH FOUR SONNETS. EACH SONNET IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE SECTIONS, EACH SECTION CORRESPONDING TO A MOVEMENT IN THE CONCERTO. THE FOUR SEASONS CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS PROGRAM MUSIC, MUSIC THAT INTENDS TO EVOKE SOMETHING EXTRA - MUSICAL.
WINTER SONNET ALLEGRO NON MOLTO : TO TREMBLE FROM COLD IN THE ICY SNOW, IN THE HARSH BREATH OF A HORRID WIND ; TO RUN, STAMPING ONE ’ S FEET EVERY MOMENT, OUR TEETH CHATTERING IN THE EXTREME COLD.
LARGO : BEFORE THE FIRE TO PASS PEACEFUL, CONTENTED DAYS WHILE THE RAIN OUTSIDE POURS DOWN.
ALLEGRO : WE TREAD THE ICY PATH SLOWLY AND CAUTIOUSLY, FOR FEAR OF TRIPPING AND FALLING. THEN TURN ABRUPTLY, SLIP, CRASH ON THE GROUND AND, RISING, HASTEN ON ACROSS THE ICI LEST IT CRACKS UP. WE FEEL THE CHILL NORTH WINDS COURSE THROUGH THE HOME DESPITE THE LOCKED AND BOLTED DOORS… THIS IS WINTER, WICH NONETHELESS BRINGS ITS OWN DELIGHTS.
BAROQUE ORCHESTRA ( STRINGS ) VIOLIN I VIOLIN II VIOLA VIOLONCELLO OR CELLO DOUBLE BASS OR BASS HARPSHICORD
BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
ORCHESTRA NOWADAYS
LISTENING MAPS A ( TO TREMBLE FROM COLD IN THE ICY SNOW ) B ( IN THE HARSH BREATH OF A HORRID WIND ) BRIDGE C ( TO RUN, STAMPING ONE ’ S FEET EVERY MOMENT ) D ( OUR TEETH CHATTERING IN THE EXTREME COLD ) DEVELOPMENT C ( TO RUN, STAMPING ONE ’ S FEET EVERY MOMENT ) CODA
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