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Anthony Newman, Cho-Liang Lin, Sejong. Performing forces- solo violin with string orchestra and keyboard.Įxpression- birds, brooks, breeze, storm (musical images from poem. Vivaldi: Spring, from The Four Seasons Melody- flashy solo violin fast scales and trills.įorm- ritornello with contrasting episodes. Vivaldi-FourSeasons1Springmvt1Allegro-JohnHarrisonviolin. Vivaldi is recognized both as the (blank), having established ritornello form as its basic procedure, and as a (blank) of musical Romanticism in his use of pictorial imagery. These were composed around 17181720, when Vivaldi was the court chapel master in Mantua. True T/F Vivaldi was renowned in his day as a performer rather than a composer. The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a group of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year. Episodes Feature the solo violin: True T/F Ritornellos and solo passages alternate in bringing the work to a happy conclusion. The image of birdcalls takes shape in staccato notes, trills, and running scales a storm is portrayed by agitated repeated notes answered by quickly ascending minor-key scales. Program music The program is printed above a certain passage and the music mirrors the action described: True T/F In the first movement of Spring, both poem and music evoke the birds' welcome to spring and the gentle murmur of streams, followed by thunder and lightening. True T/F In Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, it is accompanied by a poem, describing the joys of that particular season. The Four Seasons What is Vivaldi's best-known work? True T/F Vivaldi applies word painting (where the music is meant to portray the action and emotion described in the text) to instrumental music in The Four Seasons.