Vivaldi E Minor

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The Credo in E minor (RV 591) is the only extant setting of the Nicene Creed by Antonio Vivaldi. Another setting exists (RV 592) but is of dubious authenticity.

  1. Vivaldi E Minor Violin Concerto
  2. Vivaldi E Minor Trio Sonata Rv 67
  3. Vivaldi E Minor Sonata Viola
  4. Vivaldi Sonata E Minor Rv 40
  5. Vivaldi E Minor Bassoon Concerto

This Sonata by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) was originally in the key of D minor, and written for Flute & Guitar (plus continuo). John Zaradin has played his own flute & guitar duo version for many years (in D minor) but found that as a guitar solo, the key of E minor suits the instrument best. Cello Sonata in E minor, RV 40 Antonio Vivaldi wrote a set of six sonatas for cello and continuo, written between 1720 and 1730, and published in Paris in 1740 by Leclerc and Boivin. These sonatas were published without an opus number; sometimes they are improperly called op.

Settings[edit]

RV 591[edit]

Vivaldi E Minor
Figure 1. Measures 1 and 2 of the Violini I e II staff of RV 591.

RV 591 has four movements. In a style similar to his psalm setting of In exitu Israel (RV 604), the first movement adorns the chorus' simple rhythms of crotchets and minims with the orchestra playing semiquavers and quavers. The second movement is a brief choral episode in the stile antico, borrowing thematic material from the composer's Magnificat. The fourth movement is based on a semiquaver-quaver motif similar to the first movement, and closes with a fugue.

Figure 2. Measures 129 and 130 of the Violino I staff of RV 588.

The first (and final) movements open with a motif which bears similarity to a brief passage found in the first movement of the Gloria (RV 588).

Movements[edit]

  1. Credo in unum Deum
  2. Et incarnatus est
  3. Crucifixus
  4. Et Resurrexit

Media[edit]

Vivaldi E Minor Violin Concerto

Credo
Performed by the Advent Chamber Orchestra with the Advent Choir directed by Gabriel Pavel

RV 592[edit]

RV 592 is a disputed composition, attributed to Johann Adolph Hasse.

Editions[edit]

  • Vivaldi: Credo RV 591, Stuttgart Carus-Verlag 1974

External links[edit]

  • Free scores of Credo in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's6 sonatas
First Publication1740
Genre CategoriesSonatas; For cello, continuo; Scores featuring the cello; Scores with basso continuo; For 1 player with continuo; For viola, continuo (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); For 1 player with continuo (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr)

Sheet Music

Scores

Vivaldi E Minor Trio Sonata Rv 67

Complete Score
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CopyistVenetian copyist
Publisher. Info.Manuscript, 1724-26.
Copyright
Misc. NotesParis, Bibliothèque Nationale, Départment de la Musique, ms Vm7 6310
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Complete Score
*#73749 - 6.70MB, 26 pp. - 0.0/10 (-) - V/V/V- 35793×⇩ - Andrewt

EditorFirst edition
Publisher. Info.Paris: Le Clerc le Cadet, 1740.
ReprintedNew York: Performers' Facsimiles
Copyright
Misc. Notes600 dpi
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Complete Score
*#598452 - 2.06MB, 28 pp. - 0.0/10 (-) - !N/!N/!N- 4527×⇩ - Alex'Not

EditorAlain Brunet (b. 1967)
Publisher. Info.Alex'Not
Copyright
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Misc. Notes'fac simile moderne' : gravure identique à l'original
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Vivaldi E Minor Sonata Viola

For Viola and Continuo (Esparza Dévora)

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Francisco Esparza (2020/7/22)

ArrangerFrancisco Antonio Esparza Dévora (b. 2000)
Publisher. Info.Francisco Antonio Esparza Dévora, 2020.
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Misc. NotesArrangement of the six sonatas plus the 3 non published manuscripts
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For Cello and Piano

Vivaldi Sonata E Minor Rv 40

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Cello Part
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Cover and Introductory Notes
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Vivaldi E Minor Bassoon Concerto

ArrangerUnknown
EditorMarguerite Chaigneau (1875-1943)
Walter Morse Rummel (1887-1953) - continuo realization
Publisher. Info.Paris: Maurice Senart, 1916. Plate M.S. & Cie. 5082.
Copyright
Misc. NotesFrom the Coutan archives. Paul Coutan studied this edition under Paul Bazelaire's tutelage, but only the penultimate sonata. Accordingly it has been scanned also in color for the markings to stand out. Introductory notes (French only) by Henry Expert who indicates that the editors received communication of the 1740 edition through the hands of Henry Prunières.
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General Information

Work TitleVI Sonatas Violoncello Solo col Basso
Alternative. Title
ComposerVivaldi, Antonio
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.Op.14 : RV 47, 41, 43, 45, 40, 46
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's6 sonatas:
First Publication.1740
Composer Time PeriodComp. PeriodBaroque
Piece StyleBaroque
Instrumentationcello, continuo
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