Concerto in B minor, RV 580

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The Concerto in B minor, RV 580 is a four-violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, renowned for its virtuosic interplay between soloists and its influential role in Baroque concerto repertoire.

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Concerto in B minor, RV 580 canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque concerto ⓘ
concerto ⓘ
violin concerto ⓘ
adaptationForm concerto for four harpsichords and strings ⓘ
adaptedBy Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate circa 1711 ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Ospedale della Pietà, Venice ⓘ
catalogNumber RV 580 ⓘ
composer Antonio Vivaldi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice ⓘ
dedicatedTo unknown ⓘ
era early 18th century ⓘ
genre concerto grosso ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Baroque concerto repertoire ⓘ
hasKeySignature two sharps ⓘ
hasTonalCenter B minor ⓘ
historicalSignificance important example of multi-violin concerto in Baroque repertoire ⓘ
served as a model for later multi-keyboard concertos ⓘ
influenced Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
influencedWork Concerto for Four Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065 ⓘ
key B minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
movement Allegro ⓘ
Allegro (finale) ⓘ
Largo ⓘ
movementCount 3 ⓘ
notableFeature complex contrapuntal writing for soloists ⓘ
concertante dialogue between solo group and ripieno ⓘ
virtuosic interplay between four solo violins ⓘ
numberOfSoloViolins 4 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 3 ⓘ
opusPosition No. 10 ⓘ
originalTitle Concerto in si minore per 4 violini, archi e basso continuo ⓘ
partOf L'estro armonico, Op. 3 ⓘ
performancePractice often performed on period instruments ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Amsterdam ⓘ
publisher Estienne Roger (first edition of L'estro armonico) ⓘ
recordingAvailability widely recorded ⓘ
requiresContinuo basso continuo ⓘ
requiresEnsemble string orchestra ⓘ
scoring four solo violins, strings, and basso continuo ⓘ
soloInstrument violin ⓘ
structure fast–slow–fast ⓘ
style Italian Baroque ⓘ
tonalSystem tonal harmony ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 10 minutes ⓘ
usesForm ritornello form ⓘ
workType orchestral work ⓘ

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L'estro armonico → containsWork → Concerto in B minor, RV 580 ⓘ
L'estro armonico → notableConcerto → Concerto in B minor, RV 580 ⓘ
L'estro armonico → BachTranscriptionOf → Concerto in B minor, RV 580 ⓘ
The Harmonic Inspiration → containsFamousConcerto → Concerto in B minor, RV 580 ⓘ