Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Two Flutes
in C Major
Antonio Vivaldi, violinist and composer, was born on March 4, 1678, in Venice, Italy and died on July 28,1741 in Vienna, Austria. He was nicknamed “the red priest” because of his red hair and the fact that he had been ordained as a priest at St. Mark’s Chapel in Venice in 1703 (because of poor health, he was excused from active service as a priest in 1704). Of the composers of the Baroque Period (1600-1750) in music, he is most remembered for his concertos - he wrote over 500! Most of his concertos were for the violin (more than 230) but he also wrote concertos for other instruments, such as: viola (6), cello (27), mandolin (2), trumpet, oboe (17), bassoon (37), piccolo (3) and flute (16).
Although for almost 200 years after his death, Vivaldi’s music fell into virtual obscurity, his influence on the solo concerto was widespread. His use of three movements (fast, slow, fast) and ritornello form (a refrain, alternating with solo episodes) was copied and developed by his successors. He only assigned opus numbers to his published works; in 1733, after opus 12, he stated that he wasn’t going to publish any further because it interfered with the sale of his manuscripts (from which he received more money). The Il Pastor Fido, Op. 13 (“The Faithful Shepherd”) sonatas are considered spurious, constructed from parts of works by Vivaldi, in addition to Joseph Meck (1690-1758) and Giuseppe M. Alberti (1685-1751); the Alberti Bass pattern, used by Vivaldi and other Baroque and Classical composers is named for Domenico Alberti (1710-1740, no relation to Giuseppe), who was the first composer to employ it.
Despite the fact that there are only 12 opus numbers, Vivaldi published more that 100 works, in that each opus contains multiple works, usually 12. Opus 10 is a collection of 6 flute concertos published in 1729-30 in Amsterdam - the first flute concertos ever published. In addition to his assigned opus numbers, there are several methods of identifying or cataloguing his music. In conjunction with the Italian publisher Ricordi’s publishing of a complete edition of Vivaldi’s music in 1947, Antonio Fanna organized the works into volumes by instrumentation - the 6th volume (F. VI) contains the 16 flute concertos. A more complete list was published in 1974 by Peter Ryom: “Verzeichnis der Werke Antonio Vivaldis” (A Catalogue of the Works of Antonio Vivaldi) which assigns each piece an “RV” (for “Ryom Verzeichnis”) number. Many of the Op. 10 concertos were also given descriptive titles and/or nicknames:
Op. 10, No. 1 (F. VI, No. 12; RV 433) Concerto in F Major - La Tempesta Di Mare (“Storm At Sea”)
Op. 10, No. 2 (F. VI, No. 13; RV 439) Concerto in G Minor - La Notte (“The Night”)
Op. 10, No. 3 (F. VI, No. 14; RV 428) Concerto in D Major - Il Cardellino (“The Goldfinch”)
Op. 10, No. 4 (F. VI, No. 15; RV 435) Concerto in G Major
Op. 10, No. 5 (F. VI, No. 1; RV 434) Concerto in F Major - Con Sordino (“With Mute”)
Op. 10, No. 6 (F. VI, No. 16; RV 437) Concerto in G Major
The Concerto for Two Flutes in C Major is F. VI, No. 2; RV 533.
Solo Flute part - 9”X12” - 16 pages (shows both Flute parts) - $14.95
with CD - 12 smp files:
- 1st Movement (4/4, Allegro molto, quarter = 120);
- 2nd Movement (4/4, Largo, eighth = 84);
- 3rd Movement (4/4, Allegro, quarter = 104);
- Complete (All three movements)
- Three versions of each of the above:
- Fls - Display & Solo (audio) is both parts
- Fl1 - Display & Solo (audio) is 1st Solo Flute
- Fl2 - Display & Solo (audio) is 2nd Solo Flute
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