Composition: Concerto in B minor, RV 580 (Vivaldi, Antonio)
| Title | Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B minor |
| Creators | Antonio Vivaldi (composer) |
| Opus | RV 580 |
| Instrumentation | 4 violins, cello, strings and continuo |
| Number of movements | 3 |
| Keys | B minor |
| Composed | — |
| First published | 1711 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Concertos |
| Period | Baroque |
| View on IMSLP |  |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Allegro (4/4) | — | — | — |
| II. Largo (3/4) - Larghetto (3/4) - Adagio (4/4) - Largo (3/4) | — | F sharp major | — |
| III. Allegro (6/8) | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | 4 harpsichords, strings and continuo | Kees Schoonenbeek |
| view | Complete | 4 violins and piano | Charles-René-Clément Bouvet |
| view | Complete | piano | Sebastien Skaf |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Muzgiz | 1937 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score (scan) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Bärenreiter | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Bärenreiter | — | Violin Solo I/Violins I · view Violin Solo II/Violins II · view Violin Solo III/Violins III · view Violin Solo IV/Violins IV · view Violas I · view Violas II · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Estienne Roger | 1711 | Complete Parts (color) · view Violins I (solo and ripieno) · view Violins II (solo and ripieno) · view Violins III (solo and ripieno) · view Violins IV (solo and ripieno) · view Violas I · view Violas II · view Cellos (solo and ripieno) · view Basses and Continuo · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Estienne Roger | 1711 | Violins I (concertato e ripieno) · view Violins II (concertato e ripieno) · view Violins III (concertato e ripieno) · view Violins IV (concertato e ripieno) · view Violas I (ripieno) · view Violas II (ripieno) · view Cellos (concertato e ripieno) · view Basses (Continuo) · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Estienne Roger | 1711 | Complete Parts (mono) · view Violins I (solo and ripieno) · view Violins II (solo and ripieno) · view Violins III (solo and ripieno) · view Violins IV (solo and ripieno) · view Violas I · view Violas II · view Cellos (solo and ripieno) · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Violins I (concertato e ripieno) · view Violins II (concertato e ripieno) · view Violins III (concertato e ripieno) · view Violins IV (concertato e ripieno) · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Violin 1 (concertino) · view Violin 2 (concertino) · view Violin 3 (concertino) · view Violin 4 (concertino) · view Violins I/1 (ripieno) · view Violins I/2 (ripieno) · view Violins II/1 (ripieno) · view Violins II/2 (ripieno) · view Violas I (ripieno) · view Violas II (ripieno) · view Cello (concertino) · view Cellos (ripieno) · view Basses I (ripieno) · view Basses II (ripieno) · view Cembalo · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Violins II · view Violins III · view Violins IV · view Violas I · view Violas II · view Cellos · view Violone · view Continuo (Harpsichord) · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Basses (reduction from Cellos) · view |
| view | Allegro (No.3) | parts | — | — | Violin 4 (concertino) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 4 harpsichords, strings and continuo |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 4 violins and piano |
E. Demets | 1910 | Complete Score (Piano) · view Covers with Preface · view Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Violin 3 · view Violin 4 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | I. Allegro · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Performers | Arranged for | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Yehudi Menuhin (viola) and Léon Goossens (oboe) | — | Complete Recording · file |
| view | Stefan Landon Smith (viola) | For 4 Violas, Cello and Strings (Smith) | I. Allegro · file |
| view | For Piano and Strings (Schoonenbeek) | Complete Performance · file |
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