Antonio Lucio Vivaldi nicknamed il Prete Rosso ("The
Red Priest") because of his red hair, was an Italian
Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born
in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest
Baroque composers, and his influence during his
lifetime was widespread over Europe. Vivaldi is known
mainly for composing instrumental concertos, especially
for the violin, as well as sacred choral works and over
40 operas. His best known work is a series of violin
concertos known ...(+)
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi nicknamed il Prete Rosso ("The
Red Priest") because of his red hair, was an Italian
Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born
in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest
Baroque composers, and his influence during his
lifetime was widespread over Europe. Vivaldi is known
mainly for composing instrumental concertos, especially
for the violin, as well as sacred choral works and over
40 operas. His best known work is a series of violin
concertos known as The Four Seasons.
Vivaldi's works for viola d'amore include the earliest
known concertos for the instrument. There is quite a
lot of information available about these works but it
is scattered in various books, journals and academic
studies. Vivaldi's association with the viola d'amore
seems to have been a lifelong one. There is evidence
that Vivaldi may have encountered the viola d'amore as
early as 1689 whilst deputising for his father in the
Orchestra of San Marco. One Nicolo Urio was engaged
there in that year as a viola d'amore player
(Selfridge-Field 1994). Vivaldi's earliest datable work
for viola d'amore is the aria 'Quanto magis...' from
the Oratorio Juditha Triumphans (1716) which was
written for the Pietà and would certainly have been
played by the celebrated Anna Maria. The majority of
the concertos use five or six strings and are written
for chordal tunings. However, two of the concertos,
RV394 and RV396, appear to have been written for fifths
tunings and only use four strings. They have few double
stops and RV396 is the only of Vivaldi's works for
viola d'amore to be notated in alto clef (an octave
lower than sounding).
Although originally written for Viola d'amore, strings
and continuo, I created this arrangement for modern
solo Violo and String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola &
Cello).
Hey Mike. Dans le Videoscore et audio "Original" de cette pièce. Pourquoi avez-vous mis le Cello Son Font dans la partie Viola? BTW, Cette pièce semble encore grande.
Hey Mike. In the "Original" Videoscore and audio of this piece. Why did you put the Cello Sound Font in the Viola part? BTW, This piece still sounds great.
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