Was Vivaldi's music considered too repetitive?
Repetitive? Per Bacco, that is a misunderstanding! It is true, I often employed the ritornello form, the return of a main theme. But this is like the very cycles of life, the turning of the seasons! Each return is not a mere echo; it is a familiar face seen in a new light, perhaps a little faster, a little more intense. My variations are like the myriad colors of a sunset, all stemming from the same brilliant source. To insist on constant, jarring novelty would be to deny the natural, pleasing order that music can reveal. Non è così, signore?
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