Basso Continuo, Strings,
Trumpet (Score)
SKU:
HL.50601044
Critical Edition
Score. Composed by
Antonio Vivaldi.
Ensemble. Classical.
Softcover. 40 pages.
Ricordi #PR1436.
Published by Ricordi
(HL.50601044).
ISBN
9788881920075. UPC:
888680723804. 7.75x10.5
inches.
This Marian
antiphon survives in
autograph score among the
manuscripts once in
Vivaldi's possession,
today preserved in the
Biblioteca Nazionale
Universitaria di Torino.
It was evidently
originally a
four-movement work
composed, possibly in
1726, for the Ospedale
della Pietà in
Venice, but the
openingtwo movements,
which must have occupied
one or more separate
gatherings, are lost. In
these circumstances, a
reconstruction of the
complete work is not a
worthwhile proposition,
and the edition is
therefore presented as a
fragment. Its vocal part
was notated by Vivaldi in
the tenor clef, which was
used at the Pietà
by a number of singers
among the figlie di coro
who, in today's terms,
would be classified as
“low (or second)
contraltos”. The
score is of particular
interest for featuring
two parts named
“Trombe” that
are almost certainly not
for brass instruments but
for “violini in
tromba marina”:
specially adapted violins
with only three strings
anda distinctive bridge
designed to mimic the
raucous, rattling sound
of a tromba marina.