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	The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni in the original Italian) is the name given to the four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, Opus 8, No. 1-4.
		Penned in 1723, The Four Seasons are perhaps the most popular concertos by Vivaldi and, in fact, they are among the most popular of all concertos in all of music.
		In addition to these sonnets, Vivaldi provided instructions such as "The barking dog" (in the first movement of "Spring"), "Languor caused by the heat" (in the first movement of "Summer"), and "the drunkards have fallen asleep" (in the second movement of "Autumn").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Vivaldi) (657 words)

	VIVALDI: "Four Seasons" Sonnets texts in Italian & English
		Despite his stay in Rome and other cities, Vivaldi remained in the service of the Ospedale della Pietà, which nominated him "Maestro di concerti." He was required only to send two concertos per month to Venice (transport costs were to the account of the client) for which he received a ducat per concerto.
		Vivaldi transformed the tradition of descriptive music into a typically Italian musical style with its unmistakable timbre in which the strings play a major role.
		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.
	www.baroque-music-club.com /vivaldiseasons.html (1412 words)

	Antonio Vivaldi - Classical music composer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The four seasons are highly programatic, vivaldi published poems with the works and even had each line of the poems put where the programatic effect is occurring.
		Vivaldi died in 1741; he had lost his fame and fortune and like Mozart was buried in an anonymous pauper's grave.
		Vivaldi is known chiefly as a composer of concerto.
	www.classical-composers.org /cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=vivaldi (2894 words)

	Vivaldi's Four Seasons
		He was also one of four Cleveland Orchestra principal players selected by Solti to lead their respective sections in an orchestra comprised of musicians from 37 countries that participated in the commemoration of the United Nations' 50th Anniversary, held in Geneva, Switzerland, in July 1995.
		Vivaldi, displaying no mean poetic gifts, composed a sonnet about each season, and inscribed the poems into the score, indicating precisely where the events mentioned took place in the music.
		In the harsh season scorched by the sun, man and flock languish, and the pine is on fire; the cuckoo begins to call and soon after, the turtledove and the goldfinch are heard singing.
	www.clevelandorch.com /images/FTPImages/Performance/program_notes/081002.html (3391 words)

	Naxos.com, Your World of Classical Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Italian composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678 and after his ordination in 1703 embarked on an intermittent career in the service of the Ospedale della Pietà, an institution for the education of orphan, illegitimate or indigent girls, an establishment with a formidable musical reputation.
		As a composer Vivaldi was prolific, with some 500 concertos to his credit, in addition to a quantity of works for the church and for the theatre.
		VIVALDI: Four Seasons (The) / Concerto alla Rustica
	www.naxos.com /mainsite?pn=Composers&char=V&ComposerID=1093 (465 words)

	Antonio Vivaldi
		Vivaldi was trained for the priesthood and ordained in 1703 but soon after his ordination ceased to say Mass.
		Vivaldi was an enterprising orchestrator, writing several concertos for unusual combinations like viola d'amore and lute, or for ensembles including chalumeaux, clarinets, horns and other rarities.
		Into this category also fall 'The Four Seasons', with their representation of seasonal activities and conditions accommodated within a standard ritornello form - these are described in the appended sonnets, which he may have written himself.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /cmp/vivaldi.html (606 words)

	VIVALDI Four Seasons Europa galante[]: Classical Reviews- September 2001 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After a groundbreaking recording of the Four Seasons for Opus 111, in 1992, that made Fabio Biondi one of the leading performers of Vivaldi's violin music, he returns with a new recording of these over-recorded works.
		This is a rock and roll version of Vivaldi's concertos; almost a punk version, with all the energy of the Clash hammering out guitar chords and singing about their strife and anger.
		One interesting aspect of this recording is that the Four Seasons are played like twelve movements of one long work - the pauses between the concertos are very brief - giving them a much larger scope than when considered as four separate works.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2001/Sept01/Vivaldi_Europa_Galante.htm (751 words)

	Classical Notes - Classical Classics - Vivaldi's Four Seasons, By Peter Gutmann
		In 1725 in Amsterdam, Vivaldi published twelve violin concerti entitled Il Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (literally, The Contest of Harmony and Invention, although Talbot interprets the title in the sense of a coexistence of formality and fantasy).
		Vivaldi himself was reputed to be a daring, "freakish" technician; one of the few accounts of his playing predicted Paganini, by describing his fingers so close to the bridge that there was barely room for the bow.
		For their Four Seasons, they use a set of instrumental parts made in Rome in 1740, in which the different harmonies, textures, transpositions and articulation possibly reflect Vivaldi's actual performance practices more accurately than the simplified published version we have come to regard as definitive.
	www.classicalnotes.net /classics/vivaldi.html (2459 words)

	INKPOT#44 CLASSICAL MUSIC FEATURE: VIVALDI - An Inktroduction
		Vivaldi (1678-1741) was known as the Red Priest, il prete rosso, on account of his red hair and/or his loud semi-clerical suit he wore on duty.
		The Four Seasons is above all a celebration of an individual’s rich impression of the changing seasons, inspiring the evocation of the entire range of emotions associated with them.
		In these earliest examples of "programme music", Vivaldi went all out to complete the experience of his audience by providing commissioned paintings and sonnets for the musician and audience.
	inkpot.com /classical/vivaldi.html (999 words)

	Amazon.com: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Music: Antonio Vivaldi,Seiji Ozawa,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Joseph Silverstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sitting here, listening to the Four Seasons performance played by Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern and the Israel Philharmonic, I've realized how important a musician is in the performance of a piece of music.
		It must be the standard to which all other renditions of the four seasons must be judged.
		Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Violin Concertos ~ Antonio Vivaldi
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003CSU?v=glance (903 words)

	Milestones of the Millennium: Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons"
		We are also joined by Harvard University professor and musicologist Thomas Kelly, who explores the extraordinary popularity of "The Four Seasons," and their timeless appeal to both performers and listeners.
		Kelly explains his ambivalence about the prevalence of "The Four Seasons" as background music in restaurants, stores and elevators, and their perhaps excessive use in soundtracks for film and television.
		In fact, Vivaldi was all but forgotten until the resurgence in popularity of these four concertos began in the middle of the 20th century.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/milestones/990922.motm.4seasons.html (541 words)

	Antonio Vivaldi - "The Four Seasons"
		Vivaldi's work has been charming audiences and experts alike for more than three hundred years thanks to the great diversity and quality of his music.
		The best example of this is his famous cycle of four concertos "The Four Seasons", for violin, string orchestra and harpsichord.
		These concertos poetically evoke the characteristics of each season of the year and in the greatest possible measure demonstrate Vivaldi's musical mastery.
	www.abaka.com /Czech/tpalac (383 words)

	Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons --Terje Tønnesen, violin; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
		Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons --Terje Tønnesen, violin; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
		Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons [Terje Tønnesen, violin; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra]
		Vivaldi's concerto is, quite baldly, programmatic: there is a narrative component that is essential to comprehending the music; whether it's essential to enjoying the music is another question, but I would rather comprehend something I enjoy than not.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_vivaldi_norwegian.html (396 words)

	Amazon.com: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concertos: Music: Antonio Vivaldi,Karoly Botvay,Max Pommer,Budapest ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There may be finer recordings of the Four Seasons on the market, but its hard to beat this one for its good recording and performance values at this budget price.
		Their interpretation of 'The Four Seasons' is overwhelming, eliciting a gamut of emotions.
		Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Concertos ~ Laszlo Varga
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001VQ3?v=glance (710 words)

	Welcome to the Four Seasons Orchestra
		The Four Seasons Orchestra is an all professional, twenty-five member ensemble located in Scottsdale, Arizona.
		The Four Seasons Orchestra has given concerts for fund-raisers, school concerts, special events, weddings, public performances, composers' birthdays and festivals.
		The Four Seasons String Quartet is an all professional four member group in Scottsdale, Arizona.
	www.fourseasonsorchestra.org (176 words)

	Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vivaldi cast "The Four Seasons" in the form of four concertos for solo violin and string orchestra.
		In addition to juxtaposing the sound of the solo violin to the full ensemble, Vivaldi occasionally added a few instruments with the solo violin to create the musical textures of chamber music.
		Each of the concertos that comprise "The Four Seasons" follows a three-movement plan that Vivaldi helped to establish as the standard concerto form.
	www.eroica.com /ms/CDVivaldi.html (240 words)

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		Fix a snack or lunch using seasonal food that is especially popular from each season.
		As a fun variation, call out seasons in random order and have students start and stop their sounds appropriately.
		Evaluate the student's level of understanding of the seasons and their ability to communicate this understanding.
	www.libsci.sc.edu /miller/seasons.htm (1038 words)

	Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Three Concertos
		This latest interpretation of The Four Seasons seeks to reflect what Vivaldi specifically depicts: the changing atmosphere in Venice through the cycle of the seasons.
		The Giorgio Cini Foundation of Venice gave Marcon rare access to Vivaldi's manuscripts so that he could study the scores of the three previously unrecorded works in the composer's own hand.
		Carmignola's playing on this recording echoes the bold energy and style that history ascribes to Vivaldi's own virtuosity, which made him more famous in 18th century Venice as a violinist than as a composer.
	www.sonyclassical.com /music/51352/bottom.html (329 words)

	Classics Explained : VIVALDI : Introduction to The Four Seasons
		The Four Seasons is one of the most popular classical works ever written - four violin concertos, each capturing moods and illustrating stories related to a specific time of year.
		In this voyage of discovery, each movement is preceded by a lively exploration of its means with the help of many examples and useful analogies.
		Jeremy Siepmann, in his engaging analysis of The Four Seasons, starts: 'One of the hardiest of all clichés where music is concerned is the claim that Vivaldi didn't write hundreds of concertos but one concerto hundreds of times.
	www.audiobooksonline.com /shopsite/1930838182.html (272 words)

	DVD4Music.com: DVD: Vivaldi : The Four Seasons - DVD Music - Vivaldi : The Four Seasons
		TDK presents a very special programme in true Italianate style: the evergreen Four Seasons concerti, performed in what could have been their original setting.
		In these surroundings the music unfolds its wealth of colours and imagination and the DVD gives viewers the chance to revive this memorable musical event and join the musicians on their journey through the treasures of Palladian architecture.
		This DVD also includes an explanation by Claudio Scimone of the music of The Four Seasons, its history and sources.
	www.dvd4music.com /onlineshop/details/dvcofs-141921-1.html (350 words)

	Free Albums Galore :: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons :: August :: 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is a collection of four season-themed violin concertos that are among the most popular of their kind in all of classical music.
		Personally, I think Vivaldi’s music, in particular this opus from 1723, is the earliest precursor to Philip Glass‘ particular brand of minimalism/”theater music”, and is just as listenable and exciting.
		This album is performed by American Baroque, a San Francisco-based baroque performance and recording group.
	freealbums.blogsome.com /2005/08/30/vivaldi-the-four-seasons (205 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - 'The Four Seasons' by Vivaldi
		The series of concerti called The Four Seasons, written by Vivaldi in 1726, is arguably one of the most often-heard pieces of classical music.
		Vivaldi's original, clearly detailed instructions have the plucked notes played much louder than the melody.
		As a result, the listener hears a peaceful theme with a little rain in the background, but Vivaldi wanted the listener to be outside - in the pouring rain - able to see and hear the peaceful interior only faintly above the weather.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A423154 (720 words)

	INKPOT CLASSICAL MUSIC FEATURE: VIVALDI The Four Seasons - Survey of Recordings
		Antonio Vivaldi made a very large contribution to clasical music and still he is not known as well as J.S Bach.
		I believe that Vivaldi made a more than significant contribution to classical music, though not as known as great artists such as Mozart Beethoven, Handel, Chopin and so forth I believe his work is just as and even more impressive then the popular names I believe he deserves more recognition.
		They're the most recent recordings of the Four Seasons, and Biondi's in particular are among the most controversial readings of these masterpieces.
	inkpot.com /classical/vivaldiseasons.html (1305 words)

	ArkivMusic \| Vivaldi: Four Seasons, Etc / Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante
		But going cold turkey isn't all that easy since it is a wonderful piece (actually, four pieces, one concerto for each of the seasons), and also because Fabio Biondi's sensational violin playing has me panting for each of his new releases.
		This is the Four Seasons to have if you're only having one.
		But prudence strongly suggests that if it's the Four Seasons you want, Virgin 45465 is the best way to get it.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=64264 (542 words)

	Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
		Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) (1981)
		This 1981 film of a performance of Vivaldi's hugely popular "The Four Seasons" was made in the abbey library in Polling, near Munich.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/vivaldi_le_quattro_stagioni_the_four_seasons (391 words)

	About our products
		Brimming with contagious fun and countless surprises, Alice in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons offers an engaging story and dozens of educational games, puzzles and riddles that stay firmly focused on learning about music.
		Learning to appreciate the beauty of Vivaldi’s music happens as a matter of course as they stroll through the different game scenarios.
		Users will find that in no time they will be able to identify the passages, the instruments playing, their unique sounds and how each composition is representative of its season.
	www.nutcrackergame.com /products-alice.html (438 words)

	SoundStage! Red Priest - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
		But be ye not wary of giving your undivided attention to the subject at hand, for verily, this dissertation comes to us in a form altogether different from that which we are all so familiar.
		This is a novel and unique lineup used to full advantage in replaying this timeless classic, one full to bursting with tonalities that will tickle the ear while yet still adhere to the familiar melodies of Vivaldi.
		They have held out to us a new, modern way of listening to this much-played piece, using their unique instrumentation to open to us the true beauty Vivaldi wrote into The Four Seasons.
	www.soundstage.com /music/reviews/rev564.htm (662 words)

	Sheet Music Plus - Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"Four Seasons has some of the best music period.
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	www.sheetmusicplus.com /a/item.html?id=77965&item=4535573 (182 words)

	Vivaldi Seasons Resources
		...a descriptive basis for his Four Seasons, Vivaldi took four Sonnets, apparently written.....Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Composer and music.....in such precise pictorial detail as Antonio...
		Includes biography, audio samples of all movements of the Four Seasons Concerti in WAV and MP3, portrait gallery, and...
		Red Priest's Vivaldi The 4 Seasons chamber music recitals classical
	www.vivaldicds.co.uk /directory/Vivaldi-Seasons.html (208 words)

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