Concerto for Violin and Cello in A major, RV 546 (Vivaldi, Antonio)

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 Complete Score
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1700-41]. Copyright Public Domain [tag/del] Misc. Notes Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, Turin (I-Tn): Giordano 28, f.180-189 Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Score (scan) [B] (Preview)
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Editor Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) Publisher. Info. Le Opere di Antonio Vivaldi, Vol. F.IV n.6, Tomo 146 Milano: G. Ricordi & C., 1952. Plate P.R. 596. URTEXT EDITION  This is an urtext/critical/scholarly/scientific edition (or a simple re-engraving). Any commentary or critical apparatus, if protected by copyright, should not be included in the scan(s) available here. In Canada, new editions/re-engravings of public domain works (when not including new original material) should be in the public domain due to failing to meet the threshold of originality. In most European Union countries, these editions (except new original material) are generally protected for no more than 25 years from publication (30 years in Poland), and only if the edition is published after the copyrights of the original creator(s) have expired. In the United States, copyright can only apply to new creative work, and the re-engraving of a public domain piece (not including new additions of creative material) should not qualify for a new copyright, despite copyright claims (which properly would only apply to new material). You may need to check the publication date and details of the work's first publication in order to determine the work's copyright status, especially for the United States, as the copyright on the original work may not have expired. More information can be found here. Please obey the copyright laws of your country. IMSLP does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country. Copyright Public Domain - Non-PD Canada, Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del] Misc. Notes scan: score scanned at 600dpi (High Quality Scanning) Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Score
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Parts

 Violin solo
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⇒ 6 more: Cello solo • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos and Basses • Organ

 Cello solo
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos and Basses
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 Organ
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Editor Gyula Pfeiffer Publisher. Info. Gyula Pfeiffer Copyright Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 [tag/del/mrg] Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Harpsichord, Strings and Continuo (Pfeiffer)

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⇒ 5 more: Harpsichord solo • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos and Basses

 Harpsichord solo
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos and Basses
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Arranger Gyula Pfeiffer Publisher. Info. Gyula Pfeiffer Copyright Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 [tag/del/mrg] Misc. Notes Because this work is quite popular, I did an arrangement with the keyboard as solo. Vivaldi spins in his grave - but this music is beautiful for keyboard players. :) Good luck for the performance, Gyula Pfeiffer (editor). This version for harpsichord solo was included in the Ryom catalogue (RV 780), based on an incorrect reading of the title of RV 546. It has been removed. Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

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• all'inglese note:

The name Vivaldi and the instrument viola da gamba were, until fairly recently, seldom mentioned in the same sentence. The viol, from the mid 17th century had pretty much disappeared in Italy whereas to to north of the Alps was still florishing. It was the simple fact that it had been replaced first by the bass violin and then by the cello.

Interestingly, in about five or so of his more than 800 works, Vivaldi included some movements for an instrument that Vivaldi calls viola inglese (English viol), viola all inglese or violoncello all'ingelse (which is perhaps the case with this RV 546 work). This, perhaps was an instrument not from the violin family even though for hundreds of years these parts were performed on the baritone cello by musicians. It seems to be that the viola da gamba had not disappeared entirely in Italy. Vivaldi was taught the viol by his father Giovanni Battista Vivaldi (who himself worked at the Ospedale dei mendicanti in Venice, which in fact had a consort of seven viols). Starting from 1704 Antonio Vivaldi taught not only violin class and also taught the "viola all’inglese" at the Ospedale della Pietà. There is even evidence of instruments being loaned to the various institutions of the Pietà by wealthy Venetian people. Therefore the golden age of the viol at the Pietà coincided closely with the period during which Vivaldi composed works including this instrument, which was around 1720.

This piece therefore could have been written expressly for the viola da gamba because of the handwritten note by the composer calling for the violoncello obligato all’inglese. This concerto (RV 546) dates from about 1720, gives a relatively new use of this instrument; the contrast between the tones of the violin and the bass viol is extremely fascinating. The original manuscript, which is preserved in Torino, Italy in the Biblioteca Nationale, show Vivaldi’s extraordinary inventiveness in the combination of timbres and the development of the concertante and virtuoso language.