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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 ...
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.
This did not prevent that later music historians would often, retro-actively, describe Vivaldi's concertos for multiple instruments as concerti grossi. Whatever the naming and style differences, both Corelli and Vivaldi set two violins and a cello as the standard group of soloists for triple concertos of the first quarter of the 18th century.
[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 ...
Title page Dedication page. 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. Antonio Vivaldi wrote a set of concerti, Op. 11, in 1729. Concerto No. 1 for violin, strings and continuo in D Major, RV 207; Allegro Largo Allegro. Concerto No. 2 for violin, strings and figured bass in E minor, "Il favorito", RV 277; Allegro Andante Allegro. Concerto No. 3 for violin, strings and figured bass in A Major, RV 336 ...