"Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Spring: 2" genre: Romantic
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	SOLEMN & POIGNANT, this Spring Largo is music for a light rain, wet enough to keep you indoors, but soft enough to watch for its soothing beauty. The music consists of a melancholic melody, delivered once and again with variation. I then repeat everything in a freer style. Vivaldi meant the two bass notes every bar to be the barking of a dog, but they function perfectly as an off-beat pulse guiding the melifluous song line.
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	Story Behind the Song *** About the Programmatic References *** Vivaldi published his Four Seasons accompanied by four descriptive sonnets, which functioned as musical aids to help the public in its listening experience. However, the music had been circulated for years without the verses. In my opinion they are useful for historical insights and trivia, but should be mostly forgotten after an initial reading. Here are the sonnet lines (translated from Italian) that Vivaldi attributes to the first movement of Spring. Numbers in brackets indicate the precise time in the music at which the words are associated. [0:00] Then on the pleasant, flowered meadow A goatherd, with his faithful dog at his side, Sleeps to the sweet murmur of fronds and plants.

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