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. They were written around 1721 and were published in 1725 in Amsterdam, together with eight additional violin concerti, as Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione ("The Contest Between Harmony and Invention").
Date of composition | 1723 |
First published | 1725 in Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op.8 (No.4) |
Type | Concerto |
Tonality | F Minor |
Catalogue | RV 297 |
Instruments |
Violin
Strings Continuo |
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Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto pour violon en fa mineur, RV 297 ""Winter" from Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione / Le quattro stagioni" Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto per violino in fa minore, RV 297 ""Winter" from Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione / Le quattro stagioni" Antonio Vivaldi: Konzert für Violine f-moll, RV 297 ""Winter" from Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione / Le quattro stagioni" |