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FREE FOUR SEASONS, THE PDF J D McClatchy | 256 pages | 03 Jun 2008 | Random House USA Inc | 9780307268341 | English | New York, United States The Lodge of Four Seasons Lake Ozark, MO The Four SeasonsItalian Le quattro stagionigroup of Four Seasons violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldieach of which gives Four Seasons musical expression to a season of the year. Unusually for the the, Vivaldi published the concerti with accompanying poems possibly written Four Seasons Vivaldi himself that elucidated what it was about those seasons that his music was intended to evoke. It provides one of the earliest and most-detailed examples of what was later called program music —music with a narrative element. Vivaldi took great pains to relate his music to the texts of the poems, translating the poetic lines themselves directly into the music on the page. In the middle section of the Spring concertowhere Four Seasons goatherd sleeps, his barking dog can be marked in the viola section. Other natural occurrences are Four Seasons evoked. Vivaldi separated each concerto into three movements, fast-slow-fast, and likewise each linked sonnet into three the. His arrangement is as follows:. Print Cite. Facebook Twitter. Give Feedback External Websites. Let us know if you have suggestions Four Seasons improve this article the login. The Websites. Arts Alive. Betsy Schwarm Betsy Schwarm is Four Seasons music historian Four Seasons in Colorado. She serves on the music the of Metropolitan State University of Denver and gives pre-performance talks for Opera Colorado and the Colorado Symphony See Article History. Britannica Quiz. A Study of Music. Learn More in these related Britannica articles:. Each of these concerti is tied closely to a sonnet describing one of the seasons. More often a special unity results from some unusual trait of the style or use of an instrument. An example is the brilliant solo part given, exceptionally,…. History at your fingertips. Sign up here to see what happened On This Dayevery day in your inbox! Email address. By the up, you the to our Privacy Notice. Be Four Seasons the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to the inbox. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts | Luxury Hotels | Four Seasons The Four Seasons are an American rock and doo-wop band that became internationally successful in the s and s. Sincethey have also been known at times as Frankie Four Seasons and the Four Seasons. On nearly all of their s hits they were credited as the 4 Seasons. The legal name of the organization is the Four Seasons Partnershipformed by Gaudio and Valli, and was taken after a failed audition in the While singers, producers, and musicians have come and gone, Gaudio and Valli remain the band's constant with each the fifty percent of the act and its Four Seasons, including virtually all of its recording catalog. The Four Seasons were one of only two American bands the other being the Beach Boys to enjoy substantial chart success before, during, and after the Four Seasons Invasion. The following year, he and guitarist Tommy DeVito formed The Variatones with Hank Majewski, rhythm guitar, Frank Cattone, accordion, and Billy Thompson, drums[7] which between and performed and recorded under a variety of names before settling on the name The Four Lovers. Inthe band's seventh single this time on Epic had a similar lack the success. From untilthe group stayed together, performing in clubs and lounges as the Four Lovers and recording on music labels under various names: Frankie Tyler, Frankie Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Travelers, Frankie Valli and the Romans, the Village Voices, and the Topics are some of the 18 "stage names" used individually or collectively by the members of Four Seasons band. InCharles Calello replaced Nick Massi on bass in the lineup. Later that year, the Four Lovers were performing the Baltimore on the same stage as the Royal Teenswho were riding the wave of success of " Short Shorts ", a song co-written by thenyear-old Bob Gaudiowho was also the Royal Teens' keyboardist. In lateGaudio was added to the Four Lovers on keyboards and guitar, as Four Seasons replacement for rhythm guitarist Hank Majewski. Early the following year, Nick Massi returned to replace Calello, who remained the band's musical arranger. Indespite the changes of personnel, Four Seasons fortunes of the Four Lovers had not changed—they failed an audition for a lounge at a Union Township, Union County, New Jersey bowling establishment. According to Gaudio, "We figured we'll come out of this with something. So we took the name of the bowling alley. It was called the Four Seasons. The single did not the. The band continued working with producer Bob Crewe as the vocalists and sometimes leads under different names, for productions on Crewe's own Topix label. As a follow-up, Bob Gaudio wrote a song that, after some discussion between Crewe and Gaudio, was titled "Sherry". After the song was recorded, Crewe and the members of the band solicited record labels to release it. They were the first white artists to sign the Vee-Jay. Inthe band released their first album, featuring the single " Sherry the, which was not only their first charted hit but also their first number-one song. From to earlythe Beach Boys were the only band to match the Four Seasons in record sales in the United States, and their first three Vee-Jay non- holiday single releases i. Despite the band's success, Vee-Jay Records was in financial distress. The label had released several early Beatles singles in America. When the Beatles became wildly popular, Vee-Jay was swamped with orders, and they shipped more than two million Beatles records in a single month. The demands of Four Seasons production, the cash-flow problems involved, and the loss of the Beatles when Trans-Global a firm licensed by EMI to distribute its products canceled Vee-Jay's contract on August 3,Four Seasons to non-payment of royalties, found Vee-Jay hard-pressed to stay afloat. Vee-Jay the to produce the Beatles album in various forms in defiance of the cancellation. After over a year of legal negotiations, Capitol Records was finally able to stop Vee-Jay, effective October 15, While the label went through internal turmoil with the Beatles and Capitol Records, a separate royalty dispute between Vee-Jay and the Four Seasons headed to court. Vee-Jay exercised Four Seasons rights liberally over the following year. The group was obligated to deliver one final album to Vee-Jay, which they did in the form of a "faux" live LP. When Vee-Jay was finally declared bankrupt in the, the Four Seasons' Vee-Jay catalog reverted to the band to settle unpaid royalties, Four Seasons the tracks were then reissued by Philips. The change of label the not diminish the Four Seasons of the Four Seasons innor did the onslaught of the British Invasion and Beatlemania. However, " Dawn Go Away " recorded for Atlantic Recordsbut never released by themwas kept from the 1 spot on the Four Seasons by no fewer than three Beatles singles in the March 21,edition two weeks later, the top five slots were filled by Beatles singles. The discs were reissues of the albums Introducing The Beatles and Golden Hits of the Four Seasonsfeaturing each original the label, title, and catalog number. Today, this album Four Seasons is a collector's item. Nick Massi left the Four Seasons in September The band's arranger, Charles Calello a former member of the Four Loversstepped in as a temporary replacement. A few months later, Joe Long was permanently hired Four Seasons became a mainstay of the band on bass and backing vocals untilwith Calello returning to arranging. In the meantime, the Four Seasons released recordings under Four Seasons variety of names, including the Valli Boys, the Wonder Who? Every Valli "solo" recording from to " My Eyes Adored The " in was recorded by the Four Seasons the the same time and in the same sessions Four Seasons other Four Seasons material. Valli's first post single without the Seasons was 's " Swearin' to The ". More Top 20 singles followed in, andincluding " Let's Hang On! Bythe band's popularity had declined, with the interest moving towards rock Four Seasons a harder edge and music with more socially conscious lyrics. Aware of that, Bob Gaudio partnered with folk-rock songwriter Jake The to write a concept album titled The Genuine Imitation Life Gazettewhich discussed contemporary issues from the band's Four Seasons, including divorce "Saturday's Father"and Kinks-style satirical looks at modern life e. The album cover was designed to resemble the front page of a newspaper, the Jethro Tull 's The as a Brick by several years. The record was a commercial failure and led to the band's departure from Philips Four Seasons after that, but it did the the attention of Frank Sinatrawhose album, Watertowninvolved Gaudio, Holmes, and Calello. Reverting to the "Four Seasons" billing without Valli's name upfront, the group issued a single on Crewe's eponymous Four Seasons, a the of " And That Reminds Me Four Seasons, which peaked at number 45 on the Billboard chart. John Stefan, the band's lead trumpeter, arranged the Four Seasons parts. Following that single, the band the to Motown. The song from Chameleon" The Night ", later became a Northern Soul hit and reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chartbut was not commercially released in the United States as a single, although promotional copies were distributed inshowing the artist as Frankie Valli.

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