The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a group of four violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives a musical expression to a season of the year. They were written about 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").

Original Name Le quattro stagioni: La primavera
Date of composition 1723 (1723-1725)
First published 1725 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Type Concerto
Tonality E Major
Catalogue RV 269
Approx. duration 10 minutes
Instruments String Orchestra
Continuo
Violin
In listings Famous Works
Autotranslations beta Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons : Spring en mi majeur, RV 269 "Violin Concerto n° 1 in: "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione""
Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons : Spring in mi maggiore, RV 269 "Violin Concerto n° 1 in: "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione""
Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons : Spring E-dur, RV 269 "Violin Concerto n° 1 in: "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione""