... time, where there wasn't a melody and accompaniment, but two equally important lines of music. Baroque ~ (1600 - 1750) Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio was a composer of many famous concertos during the Baroque period. But he wrote music in all forms, which include operas, sacred music and concertos. Concertos have a solo instrument accompanied by other instruments. One of his most famous pieces was "Four Seasons", which consisted of four separate pieces; Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. I listened to the first of the four, "La Primavera" ("Spring"). It was very decorative and at some points the ornamentations were extremely obvious. I think that this piece was composed in a major key. The first violin appeared to be the most important string of melody compared to the accompanying lines. Another group uses a type of antiphonal effect in this concerto, where the small group of violins is being echoed and accompanyed. Although there ...

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