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Le quattro stagioni   (The Four Seasons)                          

~韋瓦第 《四季》~

The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season.

The concertos were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve concerti, Vivaldi's Op. 8, entitled I1 cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention). The first four concertos were designated Le quattro stagioni, each being named after a season. Each one is in three movements, with a slow movement between two faster ones. The four concertos were written to go along with four sonnets. Though it is not known who wrote these sonnets, there is a theory that Vivaldi wrote them himself.

《四季》，義大利音樂家安東尼奧·韋瓦第在1723年所創作小提琴協奏曲。這是他最著名的作品，也是巴洛克音樂的代表作。全曲由四首小提琴協奏曲構成，個別代表春、夏、秋、冬，刻畫每季不同景物與情景，每一個季節都有「快、慢、快」三個樂章。

      大約西元1725年的時候，法國出版商勒賽尼在阿姆斯特丹出版了韋瓦第的12首協奏曲集，取名為「創意與和聲的實驗」，其中第一號到第四號就是著名的「四季」小提琴協奏曲。韋瓦第的「四季」小提琴協奏曲，由春、夏、秋、冬四個部分所組成，每個樂章都會附有四首的十四行詩。雖然沒有人知道這十四行詩的作者，但有說是維瓦爾第本人所創作的。

◎第一號E大調 《春》

    第一樂章是以快板表現迎接新春的喜悅，獨奏小提琴模仿「鳥歌」，總奏模仿「潺潺的水聲」。其明朗的氣氛因雷雨來襲而一時中斷。第二樂章中運用最緩板，由獨奏小提琴描寫出在草原上打盹的牧羊人。第三樂章輕快的西西裡舞曲，描寫春天晴朗的天空下，少女們與牧羊人，隨著純樸牧笛輕快曲調婆娑起舞的樣子。

◎第二號g小調 《夏》

    在前曲用E大調描寫綠意盎然的春季之相對下，這裡以g小調來描寫炎熱令人討厭的夏季。第一樂章是不太快的快板，不但描寫出豔陽下人畜的掙扎，也表現出恐懼北風與驟雨的「村民之嘆」。第二樂章慢板中，描寫疲憊的牧羊人遭到蒼蠅、蚊蟲的侵擾。第三樂章急板，附有「炎夏季節」的副題，戲劇性的描寫出狂風與巨大的雷聲。

◎第三號F大調 《秋》

    用清爽的F大調，生動的描寫出農民慶豐收的喜悅氣氛與狩獵的情景。第一樂章是「村民的舞蹈與歌」快板，描寫村民舉杯慶祝，到酒醉後入睡的情景。第二樂章是附有「沈睡的醉漢」之副題的慢板，描寫人們入睡後寧靜的秋夜情景。第三樂章是題「狩獵」的快板，以獨奏樂器用複音奏法模仿的號角聲，以及槍聲及獵犬吠聲等，生動描寫出狩獵的情景。

◎第四號f小調 《冬》

    第一樂章是不太快的快板，除描寫出冰天雪地吹著「恐怖寒風」的冬景之外，甚至也描寫出喀喀作響的寒顫之聲。第二樂章是最緩板，小提琴以撥奏模仿屋外的下雨聲，獨奏歌詠出在暖爐旁休憩的幸福模樣。是＜四季＞中最優美的抒情樂章。第三樂章快板，自前樂章不停歇連續演奏，描寫所有人在冰上步行滑倒的模樣，以及春天來臨徵兆的南風與嚴酷北風的激戰。

<<介紹原因>>

The Four Seasons is a famous classical music, and it’s usually used for the background music in many advertisements. The reason I want to recommend this best known theme is that I think it is vital. Though I didn’t know much about this music first, however, more information I found, more artistic conception I could learn from this vivid and beautiful theme.

     《四季》是一首廣為人知的古典樂曲，可經常在廣告的背景聽到這首曲調。開始聽這首曲子時覺得這是一首很有生命力的曲子，之後再找了相關地資料才能體會這首曲子所描寫的畫面非常生動且極富詩意。

<<資料來源>>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Vivaldi)

http://www.e-classical.com.tw/headline_detail.cfm?id=348

http://www.skgsh.tn.edu.tw/lib/lib2/%C2%C2%AD%B5%BC%D6%B8%EA%AE%C6/%A5%7C%A9u.htm