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  2. Antonio Vivaldi - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. L'estro armonico - Wikipedia

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    L'estro armonico is a set of 12 concertos for string instruments. In the 1711 first publication each concerto was printed in eight parts: [1] [2] Four violin parts; Two viola parts

  4. Concerto in C major, RV 558 - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Concerto in C major, RV 559 - Wikipedia

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    Antonio Vivaldi. The Concerto in C major, RV 559, is a concerto grosso by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, completed in 1740. The concerto's instrumentation is for two oboes, two clarinets, string section and harpsichord. It is one of two of Vivaldi's concerti grossi for this instrumentation, the other being RV 560. [1] The movements are ...

  6. The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Violin concerto - Wikipedia

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    [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 ...

  8. List of compositions by Antonio Vivaldi - Wikipedia

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    Six sonatas, four violin sonatas and two sonatas for two violins and basso continuo: 1716: 18, 30, 33, 35, 76, 72 6: Six violin concertos: 1716–1721: 324, 259, 318, 216, 280, 239 7: 12 concertos (two for oboe and 10 for violin), of which three are considered inauthentic: Nos. 1 and 7 (both in B-flat major) for oboe, and No. 9 (in the same key ...

  9. La stravaganza - Wikipedia

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    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 ]