Antonio Vivaldi

Biography by Rovi Staff

As violinist, composer, and conductor, Vivaldi was the dominant figure in Venetian instrumental music in the early 1700s.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Genre
Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269	1725	Concerto
Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297	1725	Concerto Orchestral
The Four Seasons (Il quattro stagione), concertos (4) for violin, strings & continuo ("Il cimento" Nos. 1-4), Op. 8/1-4	1725	Concerto
Lute (Chamber) Concerto, for lute (or guitar), 2 violins & continuo in D major, RV 93	1716	Concerto
Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589	1715	Choral
Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estate," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 2), Op. 8/2, RV 315	1725	Concerto
Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F major ("L'autunno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 3), Op.8/3, RV 293	1725	Concerto
Mandolin Concerto, for mandolin, strings & continuo in C major, RV 425	1742	Concerto
Double Trumpet Concerto for 2 trumpets, strings & continuo in C major, RV 537	1742	Concerto
Double Violin Concerto, for 2 violins, strings & continuo in A minor ("L'estro armonico" No. 8), Op. 3/8, RV 522	1711	Concerto
Flute Concerto, for flute, strings & continuo in D major ("Il gardellino"), Op. 10/3, RV 428	1729	Concerto
Double Mandolin Concerto, for 2 mandolins, strings & continuo in G major, RV 532	1742	Concerto
Flute Concerto, for flute, strings & continuo in G minor ("La Notte"), Op. 10/2, RV 439	1729	Concerto
Concerto for 4 violins, cello, strings & continuo in B minor ("L'estro armonico" No. 10) Op. 3/10, RV 580	1711	Concerto
Work(s)	1705	Miscellaneous (Classical)
Piccolo (Flautino) Concerto, for piccolo (or recorder/flute), strings & continuo in C major, RV 443	1742	Concerto
Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ("L'estro armonico" No. 11), Op. 3/11, RV 565	1711	Concerto
Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in A minor ("L'estro armonico" No. 6), Op. 3/6, RV 356	1711	Concerto
Flute Concerto, for flute, strings & continuo in F major ("La tempesta di mare"), Op. 10/1, RV 433	1729	Concerto
Stabat Mater, hymn for voice, strings & continuo in F minor, RV 621	1742	Vocal Music