Vivaldi – Trio Sonata for violin, violoncello and continuo in C minor RV 83 (PDF)

Vivaldi – Sonata in trio for violin, violoncello and continuo in C minor, RV 83

This purchase contains:

Preface and notes to the edition (English and Spanish) + Score + Parts (violin, violoncello and basso) + Original manuscript (Although the original manuscript can be found online for free, we include it in the download for the convenience of users.)

The sonata can be found in autograph version at the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino (Foá 29, pp.83r-86v).  It is the only known copy of this work, and was composed around 1720. It is copied in full score format.

In the known catalog of Vivaldi’s works we find only another piece written for the same instrumentation (violin, violoncello, and basso): the trio sonata RV 820. The differences between the two sonatas are notable: the rv 820 sonata was written in Vivaldi’s younger years (ca. 1705) while the rv 83 sonata shows us a Vivaldi who has already forged his own fully recognizable style.

Vivaldi used abbreviations and sometimes omitted certain information; a common practice found in many of his autographs. This edition clarifies all these annotations and, at the same time, gives the performer all the information contained in the manuscript.