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Concerto and sonata
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre
Concerto and sonata · In Rome and Venice the violin grew into the star of music. From 1681 Arcangelo Corelli published sonatas and wrote concerti grossi, in which a small group of soloists alternates with the whole string orchestra. Antonio Vivaldi, violin teacher to the orphan girls of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, made the solo concerto fast and spectacular; his Le quattro stagioni appeared in 1725 with poems that explain the music. Their forms were imitated all over Europe, by Bach too.
Listening
Listening tip. Hear how two solo violins and a cello alternate with the full string orchestra, and notice when the group sounds large or small.
Concerto grosso op. 6 nr. 8: Allegro (The English Concert) · Arcangelo Corelli, 1714
La primavera: Allegro (Europa Galante) · Antonio Vivaldi, 1725
Sonate op. 5 nr. 12 'La Follia' (Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr) · Arcangelo Corelli, 1700
See also
- Barbara Strozzi
- Georg Friedrich Händel
- Venetian polychoral style
- Early opera
- Purcell, Handel and the oratorio
- German Baroque and Bach
- Viennese Classicism
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