The Ryom-Verzeichnis or Ryom Verzeichnis (both often abbreviated ''RV'') is the standard catalogue of the music of

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...

created by Danish musicologist

Peter Ryom Peter Ryom (born May 31, 1937 in Copenhagen) is a Danish musicologist. He is internationally known as the author of the Ryom-Verzeichnis The Ryom-Verzeichnis or Ryom Verzeichnis (both often abbreviated ''RV'') is the standard catalogue of the musi ...

. ''Verzeichnis'' is the German word for catalogue. First published in 1973 under the title ''Antonio Vivaldi: Table de Concordances des Œuvres (RV)'', the Ryom-Verzeichnis has existed in several forms over the course of its development. The catalogue is often used to identify Vivaldi's works by a simple number. RV numbers below 741 were assigned systematically, with vocal works following 585 instrumental ones; as additional works are discovered or confirmed, they are assigned numbers above 740. Instrumental works were first sorted by category, instrumentation and key (beginning with C Major), and then assigned sequential numbers. For example, Vivaldi's celebrated '' Four Seasons'', made up of four

violin concerto A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...

s (not sequentially numbered because they are in different keys), and his famous

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are named and numbered as follows: *Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269 – "La primavera" (Spring) *Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315 – "L'estate" (Summer) *Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293 – "L'autunno" (Autumn) *Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297 – "L'inverno" (Winter) *Lute Concerto in D major, RV 93 Earlier catalogues of Vivaldi's work exist. There were, among others, the catalogues of

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(published

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, 1943) and

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(

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, 1948). When the complete index of

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was finished (

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, 1968), Ryom had already begun to work on his catalogue; therefore, a supplement appeared with Fanna's catalogue, containing previously unknown items that Ryom had discovered in the meantime. Fanna's catalogue, however, only includes instrumental works. For the sake of concordance, the ''Ryom Verzeichnis'' provides reference to the numbers of Fanna (F.), Pincherle (P.), and Ricordi. In July 2007 Peter Ryom appointed Italian musician

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to continue his work of cataloguing the music of Antonio Vivaldi, and since then the latter has been responsible for the Ryom-Verzeichnis (RV). Peter Ryom:
La situation actuelle de la musicologie vivaldienne
, proceedings of the conference ''Vivaldi, passato e futuro'', Venice, Fondazione G. Cini, 13–16 June 2007.

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External links

Repertoire des œuvres d'Antonio Vivaldi, vol. 1: Les Compositions instrumentales by Peter Ryom, review by Eleanor Selfridge-Field
in ''Notes'', 2nd Ser., Vol. 45, No. 1 (Sep., 1988), pp. 69–72

in "Notes", 2nd ser., Vol. 65, No. 2. * ttp://www.classical.net/music/composer/works/vivaldi/index.html List of Vivaldi's non-choral worksput together by L. D. Lampson.
Electronic Ryom-Verzeichnis
(French interface but nonetheless easy to use) {{Authority control * Classical music catalogues

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