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Composer of the four seasons11/20/2023 ![]() ![]() This week, Donald Macleod puts these four celebrated concertos front and centre as he also explores the four seasons of Vivaldi’s own life, lingering a little in his summer. Thanks to his set of Concertos “The Four Seasons”, he remains one of the most famous and best loved composers today. ![]() ![]() The song was released as the official follow-up to " Working My Way Back to You" and reached the #13 position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.As performer, composer, impresario, musical director, and teacher, Antonio Vivaldi was a key figure in the musical life of Baroque Italy. The song begins in F-sharp major, and goes up by half scale, until it reaches the coda in B major.īillboard praised the "excellent vocal and instrumental production." Cash Box described the song as a "pulsating, blues-soaked romancer with an infectious, Seasons-associated repeating, danceable riff." Chart history The title meant that this was the 17th single released by the Four Seasons.Īs was the case with another Linzer-Randell contribution to the Four Seasons catalog, " Let's Hang On!", "Opus 17" features a rhythmic vocal hook within each verse, but, unlike in most Four Seasons singles, falsetto singing is muted except in the Coda section by Frankie Valli (songs without falsetto were usually released as Valli solo numbers in this era). "Opus 17" was the first hit with new full-time bassist/bass vocalist Joe Long. ![]() " Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)" is a song composed by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell and recorded by The Four Seasons in 1966 for their album Working My Way Back to You. "Beggar's Parade (from the album Workin' My Way Back to You and More Great New Hits)" 1966 single by The Four Seasons "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)" ![]()
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