INTRODUCTION
The Four Seasons : Sonnet Texts
Bibliography
Il Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione
(The Contest of Harmony and Invention)
Twelve Concertos for violin, strings, and continuo
(Opus 8)
THE FOUR SEASONS (OPUS 8, NOS. 1-4)
Concerto No. 1 in E Major: La Primavera ( Spring )
(Op. 8, No. 1 / RV 269)
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Concerto No. 2 in G Minor: L'Estate ( Summer )
(Op. 8, No. 2 / RV 315)
I. Allegro non molto
II. Adagio
III. Presto
Concerto No. 3 in F Major: L'Autunno ( Autumn )
(Op. 8, No. 3 / RV 293)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio molto
III. Allegro
Concerto No. 4 in F Minor: L'Inverno ( Winter )
(Op. 8, No. 4 / RV 297)
I. Allegro non molto
II. Largo
III. Allegro
OTHER VIOLIN CONCERTOS (OPUS 8, NOS. 5-12)
Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major: La Tempesta di Mare ( The Storm at Sea )
(Op. 8, No. 5 / RV 253)
I. Presto
II. Largo
III. Presto
Concerto No. 6 in C Major: Il Piacere ( Pleasure )
(Op. 8, No. 6 / RV 180)
I. Allegro
II. Largo e cantabile
III. Allegro
Concerto No. 7 in D Minor
(Op. 8, No. 7 / RV 242)
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Concerto No. 8 in G Minor
(Op. 8, No, 8 / RV 332)
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Concerto No. 9 in D Minor
(Op. 8, No. 9 / RV 236)
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Concerto No. 10 in B-flat Major: La Caccia ( The Hunt )
(Op. 8, No. 10 / RV 362)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
Conceto No. 11 in D Major
(Op. 8, No. 11 / RV 210)
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Concerto No. 12 in C Major
(Op. 8, No. 12 / RV 178)
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
IMPORTANT VARIANTS
How to Use the Variants
Concerto No. 7 in D Minor (RV 242)
Allegro (Movement I)
a. Substitute for Bars 50-76
Concerto No. 9 in D Minor (RV
(Version for Oboe, Strings and Continuo, RV 454)
Allegro (Movement I)
a. Substitute for Bars 91-102
Concerto No. 11 in D Major (RV 210)
Allegro (Movement I)
a. Substitute for Bars 100-112
b. Substitute for Bars 122-132
Allegro (Movement II)
c. Substitute for Bars 38-67
d. Substitute for Bars 113-154
e. Substitute for Bars 171-214
f. Substitute for Bars 171-208
CRITICAL NOTES
The Sources
The Amsterdam Print
The Dresden Manuscripts
The Manchester Partbooks
The Turin Autograph Scores
The Dover Edition
Text Fonts Used in The Four Seasons
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