They were a revolution in musical conception: Vivaldi represented flowing creeks, singing birds (of different species, each specifically characterized), a shepherd and his barking dog, buzzing flies, storms, drunken dancers, hunting parties from both the hunters' and the prey's point of view, frozen landscapes, and warm winter fires. The inspiration for the concertos is not the countryside around Mantua, as initially supposed, where Vivaldi was living at the time, since according to Karl Heller they could have been written as early as 1716–1717, while Vivaldi was engaged with the court of Mantua only in 1718. Though three of the concerti are wholly original, the first, "Spring", borrows patterns from a sinfonia in the first act of Vivaldi's contemporaneous opera Il Giustino. The Four Seasons is the best known of Vivaldi's works. They were published in 1725 in Amsterdam, together with eight additional concerti, as Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione ( The Contest Between Harmony and Invention). These were composed around 1718−1720, when Vivaldi was the court chapel master in Mantua. 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. John Walsh #384 of doubtful authenticity.Set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi (engraving by François Morellon de La Cave, from Michel-Charles Le Cène's edition of Vivaldi's Op. Same as Violin Concerto RV 236 from Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione. Related to RV 544.įlute22 flutes, 2 violins, 2 bassoons, strings Related to RV 439, both entitled La notteįlute22 flutes, 2 oboes, violin, cello, harpsichord, strings Violin in 1st movement only.įlute, violin & bassoon or 2 violins & celloįlute and 2 violins, or 3 violins, bassoon La tempesta di mare related to RV 98 & RV 433. Related to RV 433 and RV 570 all three works titled La tempesta di mare. Published in Amsterdam by Le Cene (#544). La tempesta di mare, closely related to RV 98 & RV 570. Slow movement related to that of RV 334 (violin concerto, Op. Ripieno Ms source Turin: Foa 30, BL 42 - 49 Ripieno Ms source Turin: Foa 30, BL 55 - 60 "introdutione" by Giuseppe Tartini withdrawn by Ryom. Related to the serenata La sena festeggiante RV 693. Related to the sinfonia for the opera Il giustino RV 717. Chédeville supplied the money and received the profits,Īll of which was attested to in a notarial act by Marchand in 1749.įor the works available here at IMSLP, clicking on the RV number will take you to the corresponding work page. In 1737 Nicolas Chédeville made a secret agreement with Jean-Noël Marchand to publish a collection of his own compositions as Vivaldi's. Six sonatas for musette, viella, recorder, flute, oboe or violin, and basso continuo - 1737 "Opus 13" - Il pastor fido (The Faithful Shepherd) VI Concerti a flauto traverso (two versions, one for recorder, printed in Venice)įive violin concertos and one oboe concerto.įive violin concertos and one without solo La cetra ( The Lyre), eleven violin concertos and one for two violins Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention), 12 violin concertos including Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons) (Nos.1-4) XII Concerti a cinque stromenti, two oboe concertos and 10 violin concertos VI Concerti a cinque stromenti, six violin concertos La stravaganza ( The Extraordinary), twelve violin concertosĦ Violin Sonatas (4 violin sonatas and 2 sonatas for 2 violins and continuo) L'estro Armonico ( Harmonic Inspiration), twelve concertos for various combinations. Twelve sonatas for violin and basso continuo Twelve sonatas for two violins and basso continuo The following is a list of compositions by Antonio Vivaldi that were published during his lifetime and assigned an opus number.
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