 | Vivaldi, Antonio - Allegro from Concerto for Viola d'amore in D Major for Viola & Strings RV 392 No 3 Viola and Strings |
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| Composer : | Vivaldi, Antonio (1678 - 1741) | ||
| Instrumentation : | Viola and Strings | ||
| Style : | Baroque | ||
| Arranger : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
| Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||
| Date : | 1720-35 | ||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||
| Added by magataganm, 03 Dec 2014 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). | |||
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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.