Grosso mogul

Grosso mogul, also Il grosso mogul, or capitalised [Il] Grosso Mogul ([The] Great

Vivaldi's violin concerto in D major, RV 208, survives in three manuscripts:[6]^[7]

• Vivaldi's autograph score, conserved in Turin.
• A copy of the parts, conserved in the Landesbibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Günther Uecker in Schwerin.^[3][4]
• Another copy of the parts conserved in Cividale del Friuli.^[4]

The Grosso Mogul title appears on the Schwerin manuscript, which was written before 1717.^[3][4][7][8] According to Michael Talbot, the name of the concerto can possibly be linked to Domenico Lalli's Il gran Mogol opera libretto, a setting of which had been presented in Naples in 1713.^[4][9][10] Later settings of this libretto include Giovanni Porta's, staged in Venice in 1717, and Vivaldi's RV 697 (1730).^{[11][12][13][14]}

The Schwerin and Cividale del Friuli copies of the concerto contain two variants of extended

An earlier version of the concerto, RV 208a, was probably composed by c. 1712–1713.[7] This version has a different middle movement than the RV 208 version.^[7][8] Vivaldi seems to have had no supervision over the Op. 7 collection, published around 1720 in Amsterdam by the Roger firm, in which the older RV 208a version of the concerto was retained.^[7] This version of the concerto does not contain the extended cadenzas, nor an indication where such cadenzas could be inserted.^[15]

Movements

The concerto has been transmitted in a version for violin soloist, strings (two violin parts and one viola part), and basso continuo.^[3] It has three movements:^[3]

1. Allegro,
   , D major
2. thoroughbass
   .
3. Allegro, ³
   ₄, D major

First movement

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The first movement, in

B Minor is for the solo violin and basso continuo. There are strange rhythms, like improvisation.

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Third movement

The third movement, in D Major, is in Ritornello form, and is the most virtuosic of the 3 movements.

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Reception

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References

1. ^ Brover-Lubovsky 2008, p. 61.
2. ^ Talbot 2011, pp. 92, 211.
3. ^
   RISM 240005251
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Talbot 2011, p. 92.
5. ^ ^{a b c} Dirksen 1992, p. 164.
6. ^ Heller 1997, pp. 73–74.
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Rasch 2017, p. 257.
8. ^ ^{a b c d e} Heller 1997, p. 74.
9. ^ Il gran Mogol : drama per musica / di Domenico Lalli ; da rappresentarsi nel Teatro di S. Bartolomeo nel giorno 26. di decembre 1713 ; dedicato alla grandezza impareggiabile dell'Eccellentiss. signor conte VVirrico di Daun, vicerè, e capitan generale in questo regno di Napoli, &c. at Trove website.
10. ^ Carlo Antonio de Rosa marchese di Villarosa (1840). Memorie dei compositori di musica del regno di Napoli: raccolte dal marchese di Villarosa. Naples: Stamperia reale, p. 110.
11. ^ Talbot 2011, pp. 25, 92.
12. RISM 212008590
13. ^ Mus.2444-F-1 at Saxon State and University Library Dresden website
14. ISBN 094519336X, pp. 122, 129
    .
15. ^ Heller 1997, p. 73.

Sources

• Brover-Lubovsky, Bella (2008). Tonal Space in the Music of Antonio Vivaldi. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
  ISBN 978-0-253-35129-6
  .
• ISBN 9072786033
  .
• Heller, Karl (1997). Antonio Vivaldi: The Red Priest of Venice. Hal Leonard.
  ISBN 1574670158
  .
• Rasch, Rudolf (2017). "La famosa mano di Monsieur Roger: Antonio Vivaldi and his Dutch Publishers". In
  ISBN 9781351537315
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• ISBN 9781843836704
  .

External links

• Violin Concerto in D major, RV 208 (Vivaldi, Antonio), Organ Concerto in C major, BWV 594 (Bach, Johann Sebastian), 12 Concerti, Op.7 (Vivaldi, Antonio): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Concerto III in C Major (BWV 594) for Flute & Strings Archived 2018-06-27 at the Wayback Machine • Vivaldi Concerto for Violin in D RV208a: Scores at MuseScore website