Name _____________ IB Music EtchegaryThe Four Seasons

Program Music Activity

Using the elements of music as a framework for discussion, describe how Vivaldimusical depicts the following phrases in his Spring Concerto. Use appropriatemusical terminology and identify measure numbers to support your answers.Use notation to help illustrate your ideas.

Movement 1

The birds celebrate her return with festive song

Thunderstorms, those heralds of Spring, roar, casting their dark mantle overheaven

Movement 2

leafy branches rustling

Movement 3

Led by the festive sound of rustic bagpipes, nymphs and shepherds lightlydance beneath the brilliant canopy of spring.

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