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Delphi Masterworks of Antonio Vivaldi (Illustrated)
The Italian composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi left a decisive mark on the form of the concerto, influencing the emerging style of late Baroque music. In spite of his widespread popularity today, Vivaldi was largely forgotten after death and his reputation was only re-established in the 1920’s. Vivaldi’s greatest contribution to the history of classical music was his development of the ritornello form, where recurrent restatements of a refrain alternate with further episodic passages by a solo instrument, allowing for greater depth of virtuosic display. The passion and lyricism of Vivaldi’s music would have a lasting impact on Baroque and Classical-era composers. Delphi’s Great Composers Series offers concise illustrated guides to the life and works of our greatest composers. Analysing the masterworks of each composer, these interactive eBooks include links to popular streaming services, allowing you to listen to the pieces of music you are reading about. Evaluating the masterworks of each composer, you will explore the development of their works, tracing how they changed the course of music history. Whether a classical novice or a cultivated connoisseur, this series offers an intriguing overview of the world’s most famous and iconic compositions. This volume presents Vivaldi’s masterworks in succinct detail, with informative introductions, accompanying illustrations and streaming links. (Version 1)
* Concise and informative overview of Vivaldi’s masterworks
* Learn about the classical pieces that made Vivaldi a celebrated composer
* Links to popular streaming services (free and paid), allowing you to listen to the masterpieces you’re reading about
* Features a special ‘Complete Compositions’ section, with an index of Vivaldi’s complete extant works and links to popular streaming services
* Links to rare works recently rediscovered
Please note: due to the relative recent obscurity of Vivaldi’s reputation, which was only restored in the mid-twentieth century, we are sadly unable to provide our usual range of bonus texts of biographies, critical essays or letters.
CONTENTS:
The Masterworks
Violin Sonata in A Major, Op.2
L’estro armonico, Op.3
La stravaganza, Op.4
Gloria in D Major, RV 589
Oboe Concerto in A Minor, RV 461
Juditha triumphans, RV 644
Tito Manlio, RV 778
The Four Seasons, Op.8
Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531
Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425
Concerto for Strings in G Major, RV 151
Flute Concerto in G Minor, RV 439
Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 443
Bassoon Concerto in A Minor, RV 497
Griselda, RV 718
Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630
Dixit Dominus in D Major, RV 594
Complete Compositions
Index of Vivaldi’s Compositions
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* Concise and informative overview of Vivaldi’s masterworks
* Learn about the classical pieces that made Vivaldi a celebrated composer
* Links to popular streaming services (free and paid), allowing you to listen to the masterpieces you’re reading about
* Features a special ‘Complete Compositions’ section, with an index of Vivaldi’s complete extant works and links to popular streaming services
* Links to rare works recently rediscovered
Please note: due to the relative recent obscurity of Vivaldi’s reputation, which was only restored in the mid-twentieth century, we are sadly unable to provide our usual range of bonus texts of biographies, critical essays or letters.
CONTENTS:
The Masterworks
Violin Sonata in A Major, Op.2
L’estro armonico, Op.3
La stravaganza, Op.4
Gloria in D Major, RV 589
Oboe Concerto in A Minor, RV 461
Juditha triumphans, RV 644
Tito Manlio, RV 778
The Four Seasons, Op.8
Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531
Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425
Concerto for Strings in G Major, RV 151
Flute Concerto in G Minor, RV 439
Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 443
Bassoon Concerto in A Minor, RV 497
Griselda, RV 718
Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630
Dixit Dominus in D Major, RV 594
Complete Compositions
Index of Vivaldi’s Compositions
Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of exciting titles
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Published November 9, 2018
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Antonio Vivaldi
2,222 books12 followersPeople best know Italian composer Antonio Lucio Vivaldi particularly for
The Four Seasons
(1725), a set of violin concertos.
People recognized the greatness of Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, a Baroque red-haired priest and virtuoso, whose influence spread widely over Europe during his lifetime.
Vivaldi began studying for the priesthood at the age of 15 years in 1693, and the bishop ordained him ordained at 25 years of age in 1703 but due to a health problem gave him dispensation to no longer say public Mass.
This Venetian virtuoso and impresario wrote Baroque music. People regard Vivaldi alongside Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel of the greatest Baroque, and his widespread influence during his lifetime across Europe gave origin to many imitators and admirers. He pioneered many developments in orchestration, technique, and programmatic music. He consolidated the emerging form into a widely accepted and paramount followed idiom in the development of instrumental music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Antonio Vivaldi wrote much for the all-female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children and his employer from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Vivaldi also succeeded some with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua, and Vienna. Vivaldi mainly developed and wrote a variety of especially sacred choral or instrumental music and more than forty of fifty operas. He worked a series.
After meeting Charles VI Habsburg, the emperor, Vivaldi moved to Vienna and expected preferment and royal support. After arrival of Antonio Vivaldi, however, the emperor quickly died. Impoverished Vivaldi died within less than a year.
People received music of Vivaldi during his lifetime, but his musical reputation later declined in popularity for more than two centuries until it underwent a vigorous revival in the first half of the 20th century. Today, Vivaldi ranks among the most popular and widely recorded of Baroque. Scholars devoted much research to his work.
People once lost many works of Vivaldi but rediscovered them in one case as recently as 2006. People regularly and widely play his music in the present day over the world.
People recognized the greatness of Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, a Baroque red-haired priest and virtuoso, whose influence spread widely over Europe during his lifetime.
Vivaldi began studying for the priesthood at the age of 15 years in 1693, and the bishop ordained him ordained at 25 years of age in 1703 but due to a health problem gave him dispensation to no longer say public Mass.
This Venetian virtuoso and impresario wrote Baroque music. People regard Vivaldi alongside Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel of the greatest Baroque, and his widespread influence during his lifetime across Europe gave origin to many imitators and admirers. He pioneered many developments in orchestration, technique, and programmatic music. He consolidated the emerging form into a widely accepted and paramount followed idiom in the development of instrumental music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Antonio Vivaldi wrote much for the all-female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children and his employer from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Vivaldi also succeeded some with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua, and Vienna. Vivaldi mainly developed and wrote a variety of especially sacred choral or instrumental music and more than forty of fifty operas. He worked a series.
After meeting Charles VI Habsburg, the emperor, Vivaldi moved to Vienna and expected preferment and royal support. After arrival of Antonio Vivaldi, however, the emperor quickly died. Impoverished Vivaldi died within less than a year.
People received music of Vivaldi during his lifetime, but his musical reputation later declined in popularity for more than two centuries until it underwent a vigorous revival in the first half of the 20th century. Today, Vivaldi ranks among the most popular and widely recorded of Baroque. Scholars devoted much research to his work.
People once lost many works of Vivaldi but rediscovered them in one case as recently as 2006. People regularly and widely play his music in the present day over the world.
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