Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) was an Italian
Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher,
and priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian
Republic, he is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque
composers, and his influence during his lifetime was
widespread across Europe. He composed many instrumental
concertos, for the violin and a variety of other
instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more
than forty operas. His best-known work is a series of
violin concerto...(+)
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) was an Italian
Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher,
and priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian
Republic, he is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque
composers, and his influence during his lifetime was
widespread across Europe. He composed many instrumental
concertos, for the violin and a variety of other
instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more
than forty operas. His best-known work is a series of
violin concertos known as the Four Seasons.
The Violin Sonata in C Major (RV 3) also know as the
"Manchester Sonata" No. 1, is from a set of manuscripts
formerly owned by Charles Jennens (1700-1773), for whom
they were bought in Italy by Edward Holdsworth in 1742.
The manuscript collection originally belonged to
Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740) and is thought to
have been made in 1726 or 1727. It is part of the
Newman Flower Collection which is now held by the Henry
Watson Music Library , part of the city library in
Manchester U.K. Before the manuscript's discovery at
the time of the collection's acquisition by the library
in 1965, the Sonatas numbered 5, 10, 11 and 12 (RV 759,
760, 756 and 754) were unknown.823SE (Language and
Literature Library).
Source: IMSLP
(https://imslp.org/wiki/Manchester_Sonatas_(Vivaldi%2C_
Antonio) ).
Although originally created for Violin, Strings, &
Basso Continuo, I created this Arrangement of the
Sonata in C Major (RV 3) for Concert (Pedal) Harp &
Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello).
