Sonnets of The Four Seasons
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Sonets and allusions. VIVALDI
There is some debate about whether the four concertos were written to accompany the foursonnetsOh yes
It was the other way around.1Although it is not known who wrote these sonnets, there is a hypothesis that suggests that Vivaldi
he himself wrote them, considering that each sonnet is divided into three sections, clearly
corresponding to a movement in the concert. Whoever wrote the sonnets, the
four seasons can be qualified asprogrammatic musicinstrumental music that aims to evoke
something extra-musical2and an artistic form that Vivaldi aimed to demonstrate was sufficient
sophisticated enough to be taken seriously.3
In addition to these sonnets, Vivaldi provided instructions such as 'The barking dog' (in the second
movement of 'The Spring'), 'Languor caused by the heat' (in the first movement of
"Summer"), and "the drunks have fallen asleep" (in the second movement of "Autumn").
four seasons were used in the 1981 movieThe four seasonstogether with other concerts for
Vivaldi's flute.
Text of the sonnets
Sonnet Italian Spanish4
Spring has arrived and we are celebrating it.
Spring has arrived and it is festive
The birds greet her with cheerful singing,
The Salutation of the Eyes with joyful song, And the fountains with the breath of the little zephyrs
And the sources to the Breath of the Zephyrs With sweet murmurs they flow meanwhile:
With a sweet murmur, they flow meanwhile: They come covering the air with a black cloak,
They come covering the air with dark love. lightning and thunder, chosen to announce it
And lightning, and thunder to announce the chosen
Silencing the little birds like this;
Now, silencing these, the little birds; They return once again to their melodious charm.
Spring They return once again to their songful enchantment:
a Wide
Wide And so, over the flowery and pleasant meadow,
And so on the flowery pleasant meadow To the dear murmuring of woods and plants
To the dear murmur of leaves and plants The goatherd sleeps with the faithful dog by his side.
The goatherd sleeps with his faithful dog at his side.
Allegro
Allegro From pastoral Zanfoña to celebratory sound
To the festive sound of the Zampogna pastoral Dancing nymphs and shepherds on the beloved roof
Dancing Nymphs and Shepherds on the beloved roof
To the brilliant arrival of spring.
In spring, at the bright appearance.
Summer Under hard season set by the Sun Under harsh season lit by the Sun
The man languishes, the flock languishes, and
the Pine; the pine burns;
The Cucco dissolves the Voice, and soon understoodThe cucu releases the voice, and when they understand it
The turtle dove and the goldfinch sing. The turtledove and the goldfinch sing.
Sweet Zephyr, yet contested The sweet Zephyr blows, but in dispute
Boreas moves suddenly to his neighbor; Boreas moves abruptly by their side;
And the Shepherd weeps, because suspended And the shepherd boy cries, because suspended
Wild storms rage, and its fate; Fear the fierce storm, and its destiny.
Adagio and soft - Presto and loud Slowly and softly - Fast and strong
Remove all loose limbs from His rest Steals rest from its lax members
The fear of lightning and fierce thunder The fear of lightning, and the fierce thunder
And of flies, and hornets the furious swarm! And of the flies, and big flies, the furious swarm!
Presto Presto
Ah, how unfortunately Your fears are true Ah, what are their true fears!
Thunder and lightning the Sky and hailstorms Thunder and lightning the sky and hail
Break the head from the ears and the grains Trim the heads of the ears and the grains
of another. change.
Celebrate the Vilanel with dances and songs Celebrate the rustic, with dances and songs
Of the happy harvest the beautiful pleasure The happy harvest and the joyful pleasure
And of Bacchus's liquor ignited many And of the Bacchus' liquor so many ignited,
Their enjoyment ends with sleep. They end their joy with sleep.
Very slow Very slow
Let everyone set aside and dance and sing Each one does jumps and dances and sings.
The air that is tempered brings pleasure, The air that is temperate gives pleasure,
And it is the Season that invites many and many And the season that invites so many
Autumn
D' un dolcissimo Sonno al bel godere. From a very sweet dream to beautiful joy.
Allegro Allegro
hunter at dawn is hunting Hunter who goes out to hunt at dawn
With horns, rifles, and dogs they go outside. with horns, shotguns, and packs they go outside
The beast flees, and they follow the trail; The beast flees, and they track it;
Already astonished, and leaves to the great noise I was surprised and exhausted by the great noise.
The Schioppi and dogs, injury threat of shotguns and dogs, wounded threat,
She languishes to flee, but dies oppressed. Languid, with fleeing, but overwhelmed she dies.
Shivering cold among the icy snows
Ice cream trembling among the silver snow
To the Severing Breath of Horrid Wind,
to the severe blow of the horrid wind
Running, stomping my feet every moment; running with the feet hitting the ground at all times;
And the excess of the cold makes your teeth chatter;
And for the proud clattering of the teeth;
Long
Shift to the focus of quiet and contentment
Long
Being by the fire, calm and happy,
While the rain outside soaks a hundred
While outside the rain soaks a hundred.
Allegro
Winter Lively
Walking on the ice, and at a slow pace
Walking on ice, and at a slow pace
For fear of falling, I intended to turn.
Out of fear of falling, move cautiously;
Strong wind, fall to the ground
Hold firm, slip, fall to the ground
Of new ones on the ice and run fast
Go back on the ice and run fast again.
Without the ice breaking, it opens up;
Without the ice breaking and crumbling;
Feel the iron doors opening Feel that it exits through the wrought iron doors
Sirocco, Borea, e tutti i Venti in guerra
Sirocco, Boreas, and all the winds at war
This is the winter, but such that joy
This is winter, but oh, what joy it brings us.
brings.
