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
Links
Autotranslations beta 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"