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RV 522, Concerto for two Violins in A minor, Opus 3

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[Daffynition]

I'll take my Vivaldi on the rocks. ;)

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[OKSooner]

" Vivaldi was writer of nearly 500 concertos of various types "

No, he just wrote the same piece nearly 500 times. :)

[IronJack]

Along with Telemann, one of the exemplars of Baroque composition. As overplayed as The Four Seasons is, it’s still a musical tour-de-force.

[Uri’el-2012]

I have always enjoyed his cello concerti.

[left that other site]

My favorite piece by Vivaldi is his 2nd GUITAR Concerto, particularly the 2nd movement.

I use it to teach Counterpoint, as most of the “species’ of counterpoint are represented.

It is as sweet as a lullaby, but as cool as a Led Zeppelin Power ballad!

Happy Birthday, Antonio!

[garyhope]

Thank you so much for this post. Vivaldi is one of the really great ones.

Happy Birthday Antonio.

God Bless all the Italians with their design, art, wine, food, shoes, clothes and beautiful women. Mamma mia!

[Desdemona]

I never thought much of Vivaldi until I got to solo his work in the Chiesa della Pieta in Venice where he had been the music director in one of the Venetian Oespidali (orphanages) during the Republic. His choral work definitely has merit - and a good percetage was actually written SSAA with the the actual original soloists names in the manuscripts. And it all sound so much better in that church than in halls. He was a genius in that regard.

Buon Compleanno, Maestro.

[Desdemona]

What this article does not mention is that Vivaldi’s work was largely lost to the world until the mid-20th century when the heirs of two different families found manuscripts in two different attics, all split right down the middle. I sang for one of the people who matched up the various pieces as part of a graduate student project. Among them was the Beatus Vir (all solos should be sung by light, young voices) and the Magnificat. Honestly, these works are nice pieces. It’s very sad that so many people only know the Four Seasons and not the wealth of music Vivaldi produced.