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As a descriptive basis for his Four Seasons, Vivaldi took four Sonnets, apparently written by himself. Each of the four sonnets is expressed in a concerto, which in turn is divided into three phrases or ideas, reflected in the three movements (fast-slow-fast) of each concerto.
In this section, you will find the texts of the four sonnets that accompanied Antonio Vivaldi's famous collection of concerts known as 'The Four Seasons.' You may wonder, what exactly is a sonnet? Well, a sonnet is a short poetic form, generally consisting of 14 verses.
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.
29 Δεκ 2017 · Did you know that the music of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons is based on four poems written by Antonio Vivaldi? In the music, each 'Season' consists of a three-movement concerto. Two quick-tempo outer movements frame a central slow-tempo movement. The sonnets included in the score ...
It begins with the translation of the sonnet, but also contains extracts of the musical score to show how the music illustrates the story told in the sonnet and all of that material demands its own space. Public appearances of these translations:
28 Ιουλ 2010 · Vivaldi had a deep love for life, and to capture the profound emotions awakened by nature’s transformations, he created the violin concertos known as “The Four Seasons.” In the original scores, he provided descriptions of the most beautiful scenes of spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
This listening guide shows the Autumn sonnet, with the original Italian lines in blue, my translations right below them, followed by bits of the score showing the musical themes that illustrate each section of the sonnet. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593), Autumn. First, here is my translation of the complete sonnet, then the listening guide. AUTUMN.
