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In this enthralling new novel, Barbara Quick re-creates eighteenth-century Venice at the height of its splendor and decadence. A story of longing and intrigue, half-told truths and toxic lies, Vivaldi's Virgins unfolds through the eyes of Anna Maria dal Violin, one of the elite musicians cloistered in the foundling home where Antonio Vivaldi—known as the Red Priest of Venice—is maestro and composer.

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This volume contains 16 essays on Venetian music in its last great period, stretching from the second half of the 17th century to the fall of the Republic in 1797. Two essays deal with musical institutions (academies and conservatories), nine with the life and works of Antonio Vivaldi, and five with contemporaries of Vivaldi active in Venice (Albinoni, Marcello, Vinacessi). A substantial supplementary chapter updates, and where necessary revises, the facts and arguments of the original essays, which collectively date from the years 1973-1995. All the essays are written in English, but many originally appeared in Italian journals and conference proceedings that are hard for English-speaking readers to obtain. The volume is carefully indexed, enabling the reader easily to make connections between the essays. ... Read more

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Very Nice Score
This is a very good musical score of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and the rest of opus 8.My only disappointment was that the harpsichord (continuo) was not scored (which would have been extremely useful in 'Autumn' or 'Storm at Sea').

This score is great!!!My orchestra loved it!
This score is great!!! My orchestra loved it!I know you will too

The best available score of "The Four Seasons"
This is no doubt the best music score Dover Publications (which generally publishes high quality reprints of older editions) has ever put out.Not only is the score of this set of Vivaldi's Op. 8 concertos--consisting of the "Four Seasons" and eight other works--freshly edited from a computer database version of the 1725 first edition by Dr. Eleanor Selfridge-Field, but it is beautifully typeset and contains ample "Critical Notes" and variant passages.And the price is an outright steal!Every lover of Vivaldi owes it to himself or herself to get this magnificent score ... Read more

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This edition collects in one volume all four concertos that make up "The Four Seasons." The combined retail value of the component publications that make up this collection (50263030 - Spring, 50263040 - Summer, 50262990 - Fall, 50263000 - Winter), at $7.95 each, totals $31.80. This "Complete" edition is an extraordinary value. ... Read more

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No surprises, excellent quality
This series has as always delivered the right score transcriptions, with excellent graphics, very readable. This also includes a separate booklet for the violin solo, obviously very useful for violin payers. And last but not least unbeatable amazon price, especially if bundling for free shipping.

Fantastic
This is exactly what I was looking for - violin and piano score with seperate violin liftout score. Good price too! ... Read more

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Perform timeless Violin works with a full orchestra! Perfect for practice, rehearsal, auditions, contest solos, performances, and more!Three beautiful Baroque concerti from the master composer, Antonio Vivaldi, all part of his famous 'L'Estro Armonico.' Glorious Venetian Baroque music, rewarding to study and play. The wonderful ‘Double’ Concerto includes printed parts for both primo and secondo violin, and includes accompaniments with orchestra minus primo violin, as well as with orchestra only (minus both violins) for you and a fellow violinist to perform. Suitable for a variety of technical levels.

Includes a high-quality printed music score and compact disc with complete and stereo accompaniment recordings.

MMO CD 3126
Performed by Geoffrey Applegate, violin; Lenore Sjoberg, 2nd violin
Accompaniment: Classic Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Emil Kahn ... Read more

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Perform timeless Violin works with a full orchestra! Perfect for practice, rehearsal, auditions, contest solos, performances, and more!Three beautiful Baroque concerti from the master composer, Antonio Vivaldi, all part of his famous 'L'Estro Armonico.' Glorious Venetian Baroque music, rewarding to study and play. The wonderful ‘Double’ Concerto includes printed parts for both primo and secondo violin, and includes accompaniments with orchestra minus primo violin, as well as with orchestra only (minus both violins) for you and a fellow violinist to perform. Suitable for a variety of technical levels.

Includes a high-quality printed music score and compact disc with complete and stereo accompaniment recordings.

MMO CD 3126
Performed by Geoffrey Applegate, violin; Lenore Sjoberg, 2nd violin
Accompaniment: Classic Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Emil Kahn ... Read more

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6 Sonatas ... Read more

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Perform timeless Violin works with a full orchestra! Perfect for practice, rehearsal, auditions, contest solos, performances, and more!These two Vivaldi masterpieces are wonderful by any standard. The E-major concerto is from Vivaldi's well-known opus 'L'Estro Armonico' and the C-major concerto from the great 'Il cimento dell' armonia e dell'inventione' ('The Contest between Harmony and Invention'), the famous set of concerti from which the well-known 'The Four Seasons' also came. ‘Il Piacere’ shares with ‘The Four Seasons’ a pastoral portrait of the Lombardy countryside. This is potent Baroque music. Magical!

Includes a high-quality printed music score and two compact discs with the complete work with soloist in split-channel stereo (soloist on right channel for easy isolation); then a second recording in full stereo of the accompaniments, minus the soloist.

MMO CD 3129
Performed by Michael Metelka, violin
Accompaniment: Czech Symphony Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Mario Klemens ... Read more

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Perform timeless Vivaldi Guitar concerti with a full orchestra! Perfect for practice, rehearsal, auditions, contest solos, performances, and more!

These two concerti are amongst the most requested in the MMO catalogue. Finally available in spectacular, digitally recorded sound with master guitarist Christian Reichert delivering an interpretation that will give you much to study and marvel at. Then it's your turn to step in and play with the full orchestra! Includes a slow-tempo version of the accompaniments (in the same key) for practice purposes.

This newly engraved, authoritative printed music score features the solo guitar part plus orchestral reduction for ease of learning and study, historical notes and performance suggestions, printed on high-quality, acid-free ivory paper. Also includes a compact disc containing a complete version with soloist, in digitally recorded stereo; then a digital stereo version of the orchestral accompaniment, minus the soloist; and a second compact disc containing the complete version of the concerto, followed by a -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniments for practice purposes. ... Read more

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Excellent when you miss your fellow musicians at home

If you want to encourage an amateur guitar player this is the ideal gift! ... Read more

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Edited by Sigurd Rascher. ... Read more

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Vivaldi's 12 concertos were first published in 1711 by Roger in Amsterdam. These 8 elegant part-books helped to establish Vivaldi's reputation throughout Europe and provided the rules from which such writers as Quantz, Marcello and Mattheson judged and advised other composers. Much imitated, the concertos continued to influence the works of later composers and indeed J. S. Bach. ... Read more