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Vivaldi used the cello as a solo instrument in several compositions, which was a new trend during the period. He composed 27 concertos for cello, string orchestra and basso continuo. [2] Among these cello concertos, RV 531 is the only one for two cellos. [3] Vivaldi composed it possibly in the 1720s in Venice. [4]
For example, Vivaldi's celebrated Four Seasons, made up of four violin concertos (not sequentially numbered because they are in different keys), and his famous lute concerto are named and numbered as follows: Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269 – "La primavera" (Spring) Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315 – "L'estate" (Summer)
La cetra (Vivaldi) Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione; Concerto alla rustica; Concerto for Two Cellos, RV 531; Concerto for Two Trumpets (Vivaldi) Concerto in C major, RV 558; Concerto in C major, RV 559
Each concerto was printed in eight parts: four violins, two violas, cello and continuo. The continuo part was printed as a figured bass for violone and harpsichord. The concertos belong to the concerto a 7 format, that is: for each concerto there are seven independent parts. In each consecutive group of three concertos, the first is a concerto ...
Antonio Vivaldi (engraving by François Morellon de La Cave, from Michel-Charles Le Cène’s edition of Vivaldi’s Op. 8, 1725) Title page, 1725. Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention) is a set of twelve concertos written by Antonio Vivaldi and published in 1725 as Op. 8.
A set of twelve concertos was published by Estienne Roger in 1716-1717 under Antonio Vivaldi's name, as his Opus 7. They were in two volumes, each containing concertos numbered 1-6. They were in two volumes, each containing concertos numbered 1-6.
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
Antonio Vivaldi wrote a set of concerti for violin, strings and continuo, Op. 12, in 1729. Concerto No. 1 in G minor, RV 317; Allegro Largo Allegro. Concerto No. 2 in D minor, RV 244; Allegro Larghetto Allegro. Concerto No. 3 in D Major, RV 124; Allegro Grave Allegro. Concerto No. 4 in C Major, RV 173; Largo spiccato – Allegro Largo Allegro