Piano Accompaniment;
Vocal (VOCAL SCORE)
SKU: HL.50603346
Vocal Score based on
the Critical Edition.
Composed by Antonio
Vivaldi. Edited by
Michael Talbot. Vocal
Score. Classical.
Softcover. 42 pages.
Ricordi #CP141990.
Published by Ricordi
(HL.50603346).
ISBN
9788881920600. UPC:
840126921472.
8.0x10.5x0.268
inches.
The present
volume contains all three
settings by Vivaldi of
the Marian antiphon Salve
Regina that have come
down to us. All three are
for solo voice: soprano
in the case of RV 617,
and contralto in that of
RV 616 and RV 618. The
last two settings are
scored for two
instrumental cori and
introduce woodwind
instruments, respectively
a flute and a pair of
oboes, whereas the
instrumentation of the
first is confined to
strings disposed in a
single coro, although a
solo violin is employed
in three movements. RV
617, preservedin a
non-autograph source in
Brno, belongs to
VivaldiÂ’s first
period of sacred music
composition at the
Pietà (1713-1717),
while RV 616 and RV 618
are works of his maturity
dating from the years
around 1730. RV 617 is
laid out in four
movements, RV 616 and 618
in six movements. All
three works are
noteworthy for the
tenderness of their
expression and skilful
writing for both the
voice and the
instruments. The
Introduction and Critical
Commentary for these
vocal scores, prepared by
Antonio Frigé, are
closely based on those of
the Critical Editions by
Michael Talbot, published
in 1998, 1990 and
1994.
Salve Regina, RV 616
