Vivaldi: Four Seasons / easy piano
| Publisher | DOVER PUBLICATIONS |
| Genre: | classical & sacret |
| Arrangement: | piano |
| Cast: | solo |
| Difficulty: | Beginner |
| Format: | book + Audio Online |
Parameters
| Product code: | DOV842929 |
| Composer: | Vivaldi, Antonio |
| Arranger: | Dutkanicz, David |
| No. of songs: | 20 |
| Pages: | 44 |
| Language: | English |
| Size: | 21 x 28 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780486842929 |
| Weight: | 146 g |
Audio examples
Songlist (20)
- Pastoral Dance
- Violent Summer Weather—Opening
- The Ice
- Spring Has Come
- Song of the Birds
- Trickling of the Springs
- Thunder
- The Birds Return
- The Sleeping Goatherd
- Laziness from the Heat
- Gentle South Winds
- North Wind
- Adagio (Flies and Wasps, Thunder)
- Violent Summer Weather—Excerpt
- Villager's Dance
- Drunkard's Asleep
- The Hunt
- To Tremble from Cold in the Icy Snow
- Largo (Before the Fire)
- The Warm Wind
Product description
Composer and virtuoso violinist Antonio Vivaldi is best known for his group of four violin concerti, each of which offers a musical expression of a season of the year. Written around 1716–17, they rank among the earliest examples of program music, or compositions with a narrative element.
This edition of the perennially popular work features distilled selections from the entire score that have been specially adapted for beginning pianists. Editor David Dutkanicz has provided fingerings, brief notes, and performance suggestions. Directions for downloading MP3s of each piece are included.Dover Original.
This book includes free downloadable MP3s of each piece.
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was an Italian priest, composer and excellent violinist. His most famous work is a set of four violin concertos called Four Seasons. Vivaldi's music formally belongs to the Baroque, but it is very inventive in harmonic contrasts, captivating rhythms and unique melodies. His music exudes the pleasure of composing and the joy of life, which is transmitted to listeners.
