Who composed “The Four Seasons,” a famous set of violin concertos?

Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi, nicknamed "the Red Priest" due to his fiery red hair, is the composer of "The Four Seasons," one of the most famous sets of violin concertos in the world. Each concerto is intended to evoke the sounds and scenes of a season of the year. What makes these concertos unique is the use of music to paint auditory images of the seasons, a revolutionary idea during the Baroque period. "The Four Seasons" remains an early and influential example of what would later be called "program music," a composition meant to invoke specific images or ideas beyond the music itself.