{"id":934,"date":"2015-08-14T22:55:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T22:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/musicappreciation\/?post_type=chapter&p=934"},"modified":"2015-08-25T19:33:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T19:33:06","slug":"vivaldi-his-works","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/music-app-rford\/chapter\/vivaldi-his-works\/","title":{"raw":"A. Vivaldi: His Works","rendered":"A. Vivaldi: His Works"},"content":{"raw":"\"Photo<\/a>\r\n

Musical Works<\/h2>\r\nA composition by Vivaldi is identified by RV number, which refers to its place in the \"Ryom-Verzeichnis\" or \"R\u00e9pertoire des oeuvres d'Antonio Vivaldi,\" a catalog created in the twentieth century by the musicologist Peter Ryom.\r\n\r\nLe quattro stagioni<\/i> (The Four Seasons) of 1723 is his most famous work. Part of Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione<\/i> (\"The Contest between Harmony and Invention\"), it depicts moods and scenes from each of the four seasons. This work has been described as an outstanding instance of pre-nineteenth-century program music.\r\n\r\nVivaldi wrote more than 500 other concertos. About 350 of these are for solo instrument and strings, of which 230 are for violin, the others being for bassoon, cello, oboe, flute, viola d'amore, recorder, lute, or mandolin. About forty concertos are for two instruments and strings and about thirty are for three or more instruments and strings.\r\n\r\nAs well as about forty-six operas, Vivaldi composed a large body of sacred choral music. Other works include sinfonias, about ninety sonatas and chamber music.\r\n\r\nSome sonatas for flute, published as Il Pastor Fido<\/i>, have been erroneously attributed to Vivaldi, but were composed by Nicolas Ch\u00e9deville.\r\n

List of Important Works<\/h2>\r\n