VIVALDI

These four sonnets about the seasons have been printed with the musical score of Vivaldi's Four Seasons since the first edition, published in Amsterdam in 1725.

In addition to these sonnets, Vivaldi provided instructions such as The barking dog (in the second movement of Spring), Languor caused by the heat (in the ...

Below are English translations of the sonnets that accompany Vivaldi's famous concertos. We can really hear the melodies as we read these… Book The Four Seasons.

The inspiration behind Vivaldi's composition of his famous Four Seasons appears to be sonnets that he composed himself. In preparation for a Trio Recital ...

2021年6月25日 — When a work is as famous as Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, it's easy to take for granted its radical experimentalism. The accompanying sonnets, ...

Springtime is upon us. The birds celebrate her return with festive song, and murmuring streams are softly caressed by the breezes. Thunderstorms, those heralds ...

2017年12月29日 — Languish man and flock; the pine is parched. The cuckoo finds its voice, and suddenly, The turtledove and goldfinch sing. A gentle breeze blows,

One of other remarkable things about The Four Seasons is that each concerto was accompanied by an illustrative sonnet, thought to have been written by Vivaldi ...