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Antonio Vivaldi was an 18th-century composer whose most famous work, The Four Seasons, captures the essence of all four seasons of the year. Each season is its own three-movement concerto, written. While Vivaldi's music was quite popular in his lifetime, towards his final years his music fell out of popularity, and he died as a pauper. Listen to Vivaldi's The Four Seasons! The most well-known piece of music he wrote was a set of violin concertos titled 'The Four Seasons.' The concertos are accompanied by sonnetes (poems) that depict the. If you’re a lover of classical music then Vivaldi is definitely a must for your listening list. The Four Seasons that he made so famous was written in 1721 and released in 1725 and still stands as one of his greatest works. The style of music is easily recognized and the mastery of it is something that many people would agree is something that is hard to resist.

Most Popular Tunes: Last Week's Top 25

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Vivaldi Four Seasons Most Popularity

Title	Composer	Popularity
1	Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067, Mvmt. 7	J.S. Bach	47.9
2	Canon in D	J. Pachelbel	32.2
3	NocturneOp. 9, No. 2	F. Chopin	30.2
4	The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals	C. Saint-Saëns	28.9
5	Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan	N. Rimsky-Korsakov	28.4
6	Sicilienne from Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 79	G. Fauré	26.6
7	Tambourin	F.-J. Gossec	22.9
8	Caprice No. 24 from 24 Caprices, Op. 1, MS 25	N. Paganini	22.4
9	Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz	H. Arlen	21.8
10	Swan Theme from Swan Lake, Op. 20	P.I. Tchaikovsky	21.4
11	Andante in C majorK. 315	W.A. Mozart	20.0
12	Super Mario Bros. Theme	K. Kondō	18.4
13	Turkish Rondo from Piano Sonata No. 11, K. 331, Mvmt. 3	W.A. Mozart	18.2
14	Queen of the Night Aria from The Magic Flute, K. 620	W.A. Mozart	18.2
15	Habanera from Carmen	G. Bizet	17.1
16	Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a	P.I. Tchaikovsky	16.8
17	Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque, L. 75	C. Debussy	16.4
18	Csárdás	V. Monti	15.3
19	Morning Mood from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46	E. Grieg	15.2
20	Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice	C.W. Gluck	15.1
21	PavaneOp. 50	G. Fauré	14.6
22	Für EliseWoO 59, Bia 515	L. van Beethoven	14.3
23	Spring from The Four Seasons, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269	A. Vivaldi	14.1
24	Allemande from Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV 1013, Mvmt. 1	J.S. Bach	13.9
25	Tico-Tico no Fubá	Z. de Abreu	13.6

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The Four Seasons, the most popular Baroque music in history, was composed by Antonio Vivaldi in 1723. He was an Italian Baroque composer who was born in 1678 in Venice. He is known mainly for composing instrumental concertos, especially for the violin. While I was researching The Four seasons, the beautiful melody and themes entranced me. He seemed to express the characteristics of four seasons.

Each season has specific theme as it goes as along with four sonnets, which makes his music classified as program music (music that intends to evoke something extra musical). There is a theory that Vivaldi wrote music with sonnets and given that each sonnet; spring, summer, fall or winter, is broken down into three sections. Each movement has slow movement between two faster ones which is pretty obcious if you listen carefuly.

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The first movement, which is called spring, starts with the song and dance of the birds. But then suddenly, tension is created as if there’s a thunder-storm from the sky nominated for the spring (music 3:30). The bird’s song and dance continues after it stops. Then the music slows down into Largo. In this section, the music created is a more curious and mysterious mood. The melody seems softer and calmer and there is less tension, according to slow movement. Then it turns faster again into Allegro as if the shepherd who was asleep suddenly awakes and dances. (music 5:30)

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The next movement is summer. The start of this section is slow but has high tension according to summer’s hot weather which express that the people and the animals are all exhausted under the sun. When the tension suddenly changes as the music goes faster, it shows that the birds are crying and the wind is blowing because of the summer storm. Then the music turns into Adagio which presents the fear of mosquitoes after the storm is gone(music 5:27). Then the last section of the summer is the speed of presto which is pretty fast to express the violence of the supper. (music 7:38)

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The third movement, Fall, starts with peaceful melody as all the villagers are having a party to celebrate the fruitful year. The tension is getting higher as people get drunk. But suddenly it slows down into calm because the people are all invited to fall asleep. (music 2:23-3:10) However all of a sudden, the music suddenly changes speed as if people are awake in the morning and hunters are go hunting with their dogs and chasing the animals. (music 8:00)

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In the last movement of the four seasons, winter, the music starts with high tension from the beginning as if the people are trembling in the cold snow (like us this week..!) Since the winter is the most dangerous season in the year, it creates the most interesting melody in this music. On the first section, Vivaldi shows that the cold wind is blowing and people are stamping their feet from the cold and shivering. In the middle, the music shows that people are having a nice time beside the stove with beautiful violin melody. (music 3:10) Then the speed changes as usual like the people are walking on the ice with caution and a violent wind is coming through the chink of the door.(music 5:50)

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Enjoy =D