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Vivaldi - L'Autunno (Autumn) - III Allegro
José Rodríguez Alvira
The third movement Allegro describes a hunt and again uses the ritornello form.
Follows the structure of this movement (click on the sections to examine them):
Section
Measures
Key
Text
161 - 189
F major
The hunters emerge at the new dawn, And with horns and dogs and guns depart upon their hunting
Vivaldi describes a hunt in this movement: The hunters emerge at the new dawn, And with horns and dogs and guns depart upon their hunting. The ritornello has two musical ideas. The first seems to illustrate the march of the hunters. In the second - beginning at measure 174 - we hear the hunting horns.
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190 - 201
F major
The first section of soloists. The violin soloist imitates the horns of the hunters.
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202 - 209
F major
The ritornello returns. This time with a duration of 8 bars:
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209 - 229
F major, C major
It is the turn of the soloists again. We start in F major and modulate to C major:
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229 - 236
C major
Ritornello returns in the key of C major
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236 - 257
C major
The beast flees and they follow its trail; Terrified and tired of the great noise Of guns and dogs, the beast, wounded, threatens
The soloists return, representing the escape of the wild beast. Some participations of the tuttti represent the hunters.
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257 - 264
do major
Ritornello again in C major..
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264 - 276
C major, Bb major, D minor, A minor, G minor and F major
The numerous modulations of the soloists illustrate the flight of the beast.
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276 - 283
F major
Ritornello in F major.
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283 - 302
F major, with a D flat minor chord and chromatically altered notes.
Languidly to flee, but harried, dies.
The beast dies: Languidly to flee, but harried, dies. When the beast dies. In measure 296, Vivaldi introduces a D-flat minor chord that is difficult to associate with the key of F major. It is followed by a series of altered notes on the dominant of F major (G and D flat). Once again the harmonic chromaticism serves to describe the text musically.
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283 - final
F major
Final ritornello in F major.
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