Antonio Lucio Vivaldi & Four Seasons
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi wrote the Four Seasons. Vivaldi was born in Venus, Italy. His favorite family of instruments to work with was the strings. In fact, he himself was a violinist. Vivaldi is best known for his work on the Four Seasons, which were a series of violin concertos. He was known for his flaming red hair that eventually gave him the neck name Red Haired Priest. As a priest, although very devote to his church, he was not successful. They forced him to quit because of his extreme caring and giving ways. He would help anyone he saw in need of aid. Vivaldi was known to have even starved himself at times in order to keep those around him healthy. The church, however, saw this as his flaw and, for this reason, dispatched him of his duty to the church.
I listened to the winter concerto second movement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. From the very beginning I knew this was a largo, a very slow song. There were no signs of his flamboyant style, which Vivaldi often presents in his music and has accustomed to be known for. There were no dramatic or unexpected melodies. As a matter of fact, it is very soothing and calm. I believe this is a very unique piece of Vivaldi’s because of its distinction from his other works. Rather than being something very exciting, incorporating many different sorts of difficult techniques and skills, he made this one far more pleasing to the ear because of its simple and peaceful tones that seem, on the surface, not very complicated. One might even be fooled to think that this largo movement is one that can be simply done with out to many lessons or knowledge about the instruments that are needed. However, once you are able to focus your mind on the individual parts that he put together, on is able to fully appreciate just how much time and effort that he put into his music. This song, which may sound so simple and pure, has a foundation and roots that are far greatly intertwined and unbelievably hard to pull off.
Unlike, his Spring,
I listened to the winter concerto second movement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. From the very beginning I knew this was a largo, a very slow song. There were no signs of his flamboyant style, which Vivaldi often presents in his music and has accustomed to be known for. There were no dramatic or unexpected melodies. As a matter of fact, it is very soothing and calm. I believe this is a very unique piece of Vivaldi’s because of its distinction from his other works. Rather than being something very exciting, incorporating many different sorts of difficult techniques and skills, he made this one far more pleasing to the ear because of its simple and peaceful tones that seem, on the surface, not very complicated. One might even be fooled to think that this largo movement is one that can be simply done with out to many lessons or knowledge about the instruments that are needed. However, once you are able to focus your mind on the individual parts that he put together, on is able to fully appreciate just how much time and effort that he put into his music. This song, which may sound so simple and pure, has a foundation and roots that are far greatly intertwined and unbelievably hard to pull off.
Unlike, his Spring,