Arrangement of music by another

Vivaldi, Antonio. Allegro in D (from Concerto for Two Trumpets). Arranged and edited for strings by Steve Frankenpohl. Cleveland: Ludwig Music, 1992.

This arrangment is for advanced middle school or high school orchestra and contains only the first movement of the concerto.


Biography

Talbot, Michael. Vivaldi. London: Dent, 1978.

First original study of Vivaldi’s life and works in English.


Children’s Book

Vernon, Roland. Introducing Vivaldi. Belitha Press Limited, 1997.

Book contains lots of illustrations and tells about the history of Venice and of Vivaldi’s life, from his childhood to his death.


Collected Works

Vivaldi, Antonio. Works. 43 Vols. Milano: Ricordi, 1972.

A 43 volume set of all works by Vivaldi.


Composer’s Catalog

Ryom, Peter. Verzeichnis der Werke Antonio Vivaldis: kleine Ausgabe. Leipzig, 1974.

According to Grout, the most recent and reliable catalogue of Vivaldi’s works.


Discography

Travers, Roger-Claude. Discographie Vivaldi no 17. Informazioni e studi vivaldiani vol. 17, 1996, p. 161-73.

A list of new recordings, followed by a commentary. This discography is updated annually.


Dissertation

Farup-Madsen, Inge. “Vivaldis anvendelse of flejteinstrumenter.” Dissertation. University of Copenhagen, 1974.

Discusses the use of transverse flute and recorder in Vivaldi’s music.


Encyclopedia Entry

Talbot, Michael. “Vivaldi, Antonio.” In New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.


Essay

Avison, Charles. An Essay on Musical Expression. London: Davis, 1752.

Avison says Vivaldi’s music lacks varied harmonies and true inventions.


Essays, A Collection of

Opera & Vivaldi. Edited by Michael Collins and Elise K. Kirk. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1984.

Written for a symposium in Dallas. Has information and libretto.


Interview

Kennedy, Nigel. Nigel Kennedy. Classic CD 100 (July 1998): 50.

Brief interview with violinist Nigel Kennedy. Explores his interpretation of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" and touches on the marketing of "authentic instrument" performances of Baroque and early music repertoire


Journal Entry

Hill, John W. “Vivaldi’s Griselda.” Journal of the American Musicological Society 31 (1978: 53-82.

Looks at alterations made by Goldoni to the opera Griselda.

Letter

Vivaldi, Antonio. Italy: Ferrara, Archivio di Stato, Archivio Bentivoglio, Codice di lettere di diversi del marchese Guido Bentivoglio d’ Aragona, 1736, Tomo 3, ff. 528-9.

Vivaldi tells Guido about his preparations for the Opera Demetrio.


Manuscript

Archivio Parrocchiale di S. Giovanni in Bragora, Libro de’ battesimi, Italy: Venice 1678.

A record of Vivaldi’s birth and baptism dates.


Monograph

Everett, Paul Joseph. Vivaldi: The four seasons and other concertos, op. 8. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Examines the origin and construction of The Four Seasons and the rest of the concertos in Vivaldi's op. 8.


Musical Instruction

Bergerac, [no first name]. The New Pianist: Lesson - The 4 Seasons? It's Not a Salad Dressing!. Piano Today 19:4 (Fall 1999), 63-65.

A feature for beginning piano students. Spotlights Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons," and its program. Includes an easy solo piano version of "The Hunt" from the "Autumn" section of the piece.


Musical Score

Vivaldi, Antonio. Winter from “The Four Seasons”. For violin and piano. Melville, NY: Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., 1983.

Score of the “Winter” concerto from the four seasons for violin and piano.


Newsletter

Everett, Paul. “A Roman Concerto Repertory: Ottoboni’s ‘What Not?’.” Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association 110 91983-4: 62-78.


Periodical

Talbot, Michael. “Vivaldi’s Op. 5 Sonatas.” The Strad 90 (1980): 678-81.

A general account of the Op. 5 collection of sonatas.


Portrait

La Cave, François Morellon. Effigies Antonii Vivaldi: Engraving.Le Cène, Amsterdam, 1725.

Made for the publication of Vivaldi's collection of twelve concertos Op. 8. See cover page.


Recording

Vivaldi, Antonio. Seven Concerti for Woodwinds and Strings. The English Concert with Harpsichordist & Conductor Trevor Pinnock. Performed on authentic instruments. Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 445 839-2, 1995. Compact disc.


Research Guide

Talbot, Michael. Antonio Vivaldi: A Guide to Research. New York: Garland Publishing, 1988.

A very thorough book containing many ways to research Vivaldi. Includes list of Vivaldi scholars and libraries which contain extensive Vivaldi research materials.


Review of a Book

Hansell, Steven H. Untitled review. The Musical Quarterly 61 (1975): 600-7.

A review of Remo Giazotto’s book, Antonio Vivaldi.


Review of a Performance

Porter, Cecelia. Vibrant Vivaldi From an All-Girl Orchestra. The Washington Post. May 19, 1998.

Reviews a concert of Vivaldi's concertos and vocal works as Stephen Simon conducted an all-girl orchestra, ranging in age from 9-18, as part of the Washington Chamber Symphony's Young Artist Competition at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on May 17, 1998.


Thematic Index

Coral, Lenore. A Concordance of the Thematic Indexes to the Instrumental Works of Antonio Vivaldi. Ann Arbor: Music Library Association, 1972.

Video

Vivaldi, Antonio. What is a concerto?. Young People’s Concerts, No. 4. Presented and conducted by Leonard Bernstein. New York: Sony Classical, 1993. VHS Hi-fi, Dolby, mono.

From an educational series for children which cover specific aspects of music. This particular video includes Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.”


Web Site

Lampson, L.D. Antonio Vivaldi. [Web page] Accessed March 30, 2000. Available from http://www.classical.net/~music/comp.lst/vivaldi.html. Classical Net, 2000.

Contains photographs, biographical information and links to other Vivaldi websites.

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Vivaldi in Selected Encyclopedias and Histories

Talbot, Michael. “Vivaldi, Antonio.” In New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

In the New Grove, Vivaldi is portrayed to the reader as a very important Italian figure in Baroque music. The article was written by Michael Talbot, probably the best and most dedicated Vivaldi historian. Talbot describes, in great detail, Vivaldi’s history, going as far back as to tell about Vivaldi’s father’s youth. He then tells about Vivaldi’s first appointment at the Pieta and his years of travel. Next he describes Vivaldi’s reputation as a composer and as as a violinist. Talbot omits detail on Vivaldi’s works and style. At the end of the entry is a very comprehensive list of works and bibliography. This is an inclusive source for finding a lot of general information about Vivaldi.


Grout, Donald J. and Claude V. Palisca. A History of Western Music. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1996.

Grout’s and Palisca’s A History of Western Music has fairly decent coverage of Vivaldi. The book is large and covers a broad spectrum of western music, as it is commonly used as an undergraduate history textbook. I was surprised to see four pages attributed to Vivaldi alone. It’s coverage is not nearly as detailed as the New Grove, but it covers roughly the same periods of Vivaldi’s life. The book spends less time on Vivaldi’s vocal works giving more information on his instrumental works, specifically his concerti. Included in the discussion of his concerti, the book covers instrumentation, form, the different movements, and Vivaldi’s changing style. There is also a small paragraph of Vivaldi’s influence on composers of the Classical concerto.