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The Four Seasons and the rest of the concertos in Op. 8 represent Vivaldi's remarkable innovation in the field of the Baroque concerto. This detailed guide examines the work's origin and construction in a way that enables the reader to distinguish what is extraordinary about the Seasons and what constitutes the composer's customary method of 'characterising' the solo concerto. Drawing on recent research and his own expertise in the appraisal of Vivaldi's manuscripts, the author draws interesting and sometimes startling conclusions about the conception of the Seasons, the origin of their programme, the dating of the concertos and the rationale behind the collection's ritornello-form structures and aria-like slow movements. The significance of Vivaldi's idiosyncratic art is thus revealed in some of the most popular concert music of all time.

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Book category Books in English The arts Music Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles

• Full title: Vivaldi
• Subtitle: The Four Seasons and Other Concertos, Op. 8
• Author: Paul Everett
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120
• EAN: 9780521406925
• ISBN: 0521406927
• ID: 02029852
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 144 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. February 1996

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