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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)
Antonio Vivaldi (engraving by François Morellon la Cave, from Michel-Charles Le Cène's edition of Vivaldi's Op. 8 The following is a list of compositions by the Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741).
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.
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.
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 ]
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
Vivaldi structured the Magnificat, RV 610, in nine movements, eight for the text of the canticle (Luke 1:46-55) and the conclusion for the doxology.Set in G minor, it is scored for two soprano soloists, alto and tenor soloists, SATB choir, two oboes, violin I and II, viola, and basso continuo, such as cello and a keyboard instrument.