MuseData: Antonio Vivaldi
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L'estro armonico: Twelve Concertos for Violins and String Orchestra, Op. 3
The following parts are in PDF and CFT formats. CFT files may be viewed or printed in Microsoft Windows by downloading the DMuse Viewer. These parts for Antonio Vivaldi's Op.3 concerti accompany the full score available from Dover Publications (conver shown on the left):
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Vivaldi, Antonio. "L'Estro armonico", Op. 3 in Full Score: 12 Concertos
for Violins and String Orchestra. Ed. by Eleanor Selfridge-Field. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications; 1999. ISBN 0-486-40631-8.
Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione: Twelve Concertos for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8
The following parts for Antonio Vivaldi's Op.8 concerti accompany the full score available from Dover Publications:
- Vivaldi, Antonio. "The Four Seasons" and Other Violin Concertos in Full Score; Opus 8, Complete. Ed. by Eleanor Selfridge-Field. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications; 1995. ISBN 0-486-28638-X.
| Opus, Work No. | Ryom No. | Genre / Instrumentation | Key | Nickname; Related works | Score | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Op. 8, No. 1 | RV 269 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | E Major | "La Primavera" ("Spring") | score | |
| Op. 8, No. 2 | RV 315 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | G Minor | "L'Estate" ("Summer") | score | |
| Op. 8, No. 3 | RV 293 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | F Major | "L'Autunno" ("Autumn") | score | |
| Op. 8, No. 4 | RV 297 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | F Minor | "L'Inverno" ("Winter") | score | |
| Op. 8, No. 5 | RV 253 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | in E♭ Major | "La Tempesta di Mare" ("The Storm at Sea") | score | |
| Op. 8, No. 6 | RV 180 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | C Major | "Il Piacere" ("Pleasure") | score | |
| Op. 8, No. 7 | RV 242 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | D Minor | RV 242a | score | |
| Op. 8, No. 8 | RV 332 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | G Minor | score | ||
| Op. 8, No. 9 | RV 236 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | D Minor | RV 454 | score | |
| Op. 8, No. 10 | RV 362 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | B♭ Major | "La Caccia" ("The Hunt") | score | |
| Op. 8, No. 11 | RV 210 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | D Major | RV 210a, B. Marcello Op. 1, No. 8 | score | |
| Op. 8, No. 12 | RV 178 | Concerto / VPr; V1 V2 Va Vc Org | C Major | score |
Six Concertos for Flute and String Orchestra, Op. 10; Related Variants
As published, Vivaldi's Opus 10 is a straightforward collection of concertos for flute and string orchestra. Most works with obbligato flutes seem to have originated during the composer's intermittent Roman sojourn (1719 or 1720 to 1724). Throughout his life Vivaldi responded to circumstances. In his concertos for instruments other than violin and viola d'amore it is likely that the availability of excellent players prompted the composition of these works. In Venice he is unlikely to have found true virtuosi on the transverse flute, which flourished in Prussia (north Germany) many years before it was easily available in northern Italy. It may be for that reason that the published flute concertos did not appear until 1729, in rough coincidence with the violin concertos Opp. 11 and 12. All three volumes were published in Amsterdam.
The best known works of the collection are the first three. Among the images that they each cultivate instrumentally, the first two--storms at sea and phantoms of the night--were staples of opera staging, especially at Sant'Angelo, the Venetian theater with which Vivaldi and his father were most firmly associated. Both played a prominent role in Venetian scene paintings contemporary with Vivaldi. Sleep, depicted in the fourth movement of Op 10, No. 2, expressed a fascination with the supernatural that was cautiously probed on the stage.
| Opus, Work No. | Ryom No. | Genre / Instrumentation | Key | Nickname | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Op. 10, No. 1 | RV 433 | Concerto / Flute; V1 V2 Va Vc BC | F Major | "The Sea Tempest" | parts |
| Op. 10, No. 2 | RV 439 | Concerto / Flute; V1 V2 Va Vc BC | G Minor | "Night" | parts |
| Op. 10, No. 3 | RV 428 | Concerto / Flute; V1 V2 Va Vc BC | D Major | "The Goldfinch" | parts |
| Op. 10, No. 4 | RV 435 | Concerto / Flute; V1 V2 Va Vc BC | G Major | parts | |
| Op. 10, No. 5 | RV 434 | Concerto / Flute; V1 V2 Va Vc BC | F Major | parts | |
| Op. 10, No. 6 | RV 437 | Concerto / Flute; V1 V2 Va Vc BC | G Major | parts | |
| Related concertos | |||||
| Unpublished | RV 444 | Concerto / Sopranino Recorder; V1 V2 Va Vc Bn | C Major | parts | |
| Op. 10, No. 1 (alt.) | RV 570 | Concerto / Flute, Oboe, Bassoon; VPr V1 V2 Va BC | F Major | parts | |
| Op. 10, No. 2 (alt.) | RV 501 | Concerto / Bassoon; V1 V2 Va BC | B♭ Major | parts | |
| Op. 10, No. 3 (alt.) | RV 90 | Concerto / Flute, Oboe, Violin and Bassoon | D Major | parts | |
| Op. 10, No. 5 (alt.) | RV 442 | Concerto / Recorder; V1 V2 Va BC | F Major | parts | |
| Op. 10, No. 6 (alt.) | RV 101 | Concerto / Flute, Oboe, Violin, Bassoon, BC | G Major | parts | |
Related Works
Within the large corpus of works that remained unpublished when Vivaldi died, almost every work in Op. 10 found a cousin that differed, usually in small ways, from the published work. Rarely, cousins differed substantially in content. Solo episodes might change from one source to the next. Ritornelli might vary in number and length.
In the "extended family" of Op. 10 there is only one change of key/mode (No. 2/No. 2alt), which also exhibits significant changes of content. This is No. 2, the concerto subtitled "La Notte" ("Night"). The most dramatic differences occur in the second movement.
Chamber concertos, scored for woodwind trio (flute, oboe, bassoon) and strings, had few analogues during Vivaldi's lifetime, although they paved the way to the rich chamber repertory of the later eighteenth century.
The sopranino recorder concerto RV 444 is a unique work among Vivaldi's oeuvre, although it could easily have been adapted to a different soloist.