Review (PDF) The Four Seasons And Other Violin Concertos In Full Score: Opus 8, Complete (Dover Music Scores)
Vivaldi's violin concertos called "The Four Seasons" are one of the best known and loved collections of string music in our time. Their programmatic nature, based on the lines of sonnets printed along with the music, brings seasonal sights and sounds readily and delightfully to the ear: the bird calls in "Spring," the swarm of wasps in "Summer," the hunters' horns in "Autumn," the winds and icy snow of "Winter."This volume contains these wonderfully evocative masterpieces along with eight other concertos that comprise Vivaldi's complete Opus 8 — including "The Storm at Sea," "Pleasure," and "The Hunt."Dr. Eleanor Selfridge-Field, a recognized authority on music of the Italian Baroque, has researched primary sources in Italy to prepare this specially commissioned, authoritative new edition. Together with its excellent scores — new music plates have been prepared to create an unusually pristine and elegant edition — the volume provides a thorough introduction to Vivaldi's music and times, a new English translation of the original sonnets (with a guide to their linear placement in the scores), and extensive editorial notes for students of the period.
Series: Dover Music Scores
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (August 24, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 048628638X
ISBN-13: 978-0486286389
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 0.6 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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This is no doubt the best music score Dover Publications (which generally publishes high quality reprints of older editions) has ever put out. Not only is the score of this set of Vivaldi's Op. 8 concertos--consisting of the "Four Seasons" and eight other works--freshly edited from a computer database version of the 1725 first edition by Dr. Eleanor Selfridge-Field, but it is beautifully typeset and contains ample "Critical Notes" and variant passages. And the price is an outright steal! Every lover of Vivaldi owes it to himself or herself to get this magnificent score
This is a very good musical score of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and the rest of opus 8. My only disappointment was that the harpsichord (continuo) was not scored (which would have been extremely useful in 'Autumn' or 'Storm at Sea').
This score is great!!! My orchestra loved it! I know you will too
This is a scholarly edition for cheap. Hooray! It has edits and the believed 'original' notes in the back, and directions and such on the page, etc etc.
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