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| Composer : | Vivaldi, Antonio (1678 - 1741) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | String Quartet | ||||
| Style : | Baroque | ||||
| Arranger : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
| Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
| Added by magataganm, 21 Mar 2015 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. "Armida al campo d'Egitto" (RV 699) is a "dramma per musica", on a libretto by Giovanni Palazzi. It became one of Vivaldi’s warhorses, frequently being revived (not always by Vivaldi himself) in one version or another. The original score, of which only the outer acts survive complete, was for a production at the Teatro San Moisé, Venice, in carnival of I718 (RV 699-A). In spring of 1718, Armida was revived at the Teatro Arciducale, Mantua (Rv 699-1;), as the first operatic fruit of Vivaldi's appointment to the Mantuan court; in camival 1719 it travelled to Lodi; in May 1720, to the Teatro delle Grazie’-‘, Vicenza (RV 699-c); in carnival 1726, to the Teatro dell'IncIustria, Ravenna. Its final revival was at the Teatro Sant'Angelo, Venice, in carnival 1738 (Rv 699-0); for this thoroughly revised version, containing some material by other composers, only Acts I and III survive. Palazzi's libretto is noteworthy for its topicality (in 1718 Venice was still at war with the Ottomans), its borrowings and paraphrases from Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemmc libcrata, and its strongly drawn views of the feminine (the enchantress Armida) and the oriental (the locale being Gaza). I created this transcription of the Sinfonia in C Major for String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). Sheet central : | Armida al campo d'Egitto (2 sheet music) | | |||
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