"Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Winter: 2" genre: Romantic
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	BEAUTIFUL & TRANQUIL, here we have the best known Vivaldi slow movement. The beautiful melody is developed as a ballad, with wind chimes giving it a Christmas feeling. But this magical piece ends in just under two minutes. Unwilling to forget such lovely music, I repeat the whole movement with the melody harmonized starting at 1:58, filled with florid and festive ornamentations.
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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 (few) sonnet lines (translated from Italian) that Vivaldi attributes to second movement of Winter. Numbers in brackets indicate the precise time in the music at which the words are associated. [0:00] Before the fire to pass peaceful, Contented days while the rain outside pours down.

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