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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi [n 2] (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. [4] Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, Vivaldi ranks amongst the greatest Baroque composers and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers.
Each double violin concerto also had a concertante violoncello part, which did not have a fixed role, sometimes playing solo, sometimes responding to the two violin soloists. In the Pietà , performances of the concertos would have allowed advanced pupils to develop their skills as soloists and given the chance to others to learn how to play in ...
Violin, double string orchestra: C major: 581 "Per la Santissima Assuzione di Maria Vergine" Concerto: Violin, double string orchestra: D major: 582 "Per la Santissima Assuzione di Maria Vergine" Related to RV 581 Concerto: Violin, double string orchestra: B-flat major: 583: Scordatura violin Concerto: Violin, double string orchestra: C major ...
The eleven concertino instruments are: two recorders, two chalumeaux, two mandolins, two theorbos, two violins a tromba marina, [1] and a cello. (The phrase "a tromba marina" instructs the violinists to imitate the sound of a marine trumpet by placing a foil under the board.) The orchestral ripieno consists of: strings and basso continuo. [1]
Antonio Vivaldi (engraving by François Morellon de La Cave, from Michel-Charles Le Cène's edition of Vivaldi's Op. 8, 1725). The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a group of four violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year.
[a] In some violin concertos, especially from the Baroque and modern eras, the violin (or group of violins) is accompanied by a chamber ensemble rather than an orchestra—for instance, in Vivaldi's L'estro armonico, originally scored for four violins, two violas, cello, and continuo, and in Allan Pettersson's first concerto, for violin and ...
La stravaganza [literally 'Extravagance'] (The Eccentricity), Op. 4, is a set of concertos written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1712–1713. The set was first published in 1716 in Amsterdam and was dedicated to Venetian nobleman Vettor Delfino, [ 1 ] who had been a violin student of Vivaldi's. [ 2 ]
Vivaldi. The Lute Concerto in D major, RV 93, is one of four works featuring the solo lute, 2 violins, and basso continuo written by Antonio Vivaldi.Vivaldi wrote the piece in 1730-1731, a period in which he wrote two of his other works featuring the lute: the trios for violin and lute in G minor and C major.