Antinio Vivaldi

Question 1

Setting

Answer 1

Baroque period
Violin concertos

Question 2

Describe the instrumentation

Answer 2

Triò sonata group (2 violins and cello)
String orchestra
Continuo

Question 3

Describe the structure in all 4 movements

Answer 3

1st: intro section for 2 unaccompanied violins
Features cannon
2nd: section 1= 3 bar tutti section of chords
Section 2= fugal, circle of 5ths, modulation to next tutti passage
3rd: slow
12/8
Ends with short tutti back in tonic D minor
4th: begins same as 1st and 2nd movement

Question 4

Describe the tonality

Answer 4

D minor
Brief modulations to usually closely related keys

Question 5

Describe the harmony

Answer 5

Tonal harmonies
7th chords
Perfect 5ths
Perfect cadences

Question 6

Describe the melody

Answer 6

Opening based on broken chords and descending scales
Sequences

Question 7

Describe the texture

Answer 7

Start= 2 solo violins unaccompanied
Middle movement= homophonic (melody and accompaniment)
Fudge at end of 1st movement= polyphonic

Question 8

Describe the rhythm and metre

Answer 8

Continuous quavers in beginning
Continuous semi quavers in solo passages
1st: 3/4
2nd: 4/4
3rd: 12/8
4th: 4/4