A set of twelve

concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The ...

s was published by

Estienne Roger Estienne Roger (1664 or 1665 in Caen, France – 7 July 1722 in Amsterdam) was a francophone printer, bookseller and publisher of sheet music working in the Netherlands. Life Roger was born a French Huguenot. The revocation of Edict of Nantes in ...

in 1720 under

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

's name, as his Opus 7. They were in two volumes, each containing concertos numbered 1-6. Of the set, ten were for

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

solo; the other two were for

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common type of oboe, the soprano oboe pitched in C, ...

solo (Nos. 1 & 7). The authenticity of some of the works included has long been doubted by scholars. Three are now considered spurious (i.e. not in fact by Vivaldi) for stylistic reasons. They are: No. 1 in B-flat major for oboe, RV Anh. 143 (formerly RV 465); No. 7 in B-flat major for oboe, RV Anh. 142 (formerly RV 464); and No. 9 in B-flat major for violin, RV Anh. 153 (formerly RV 373). *Concerto No. 1 for oboe, strings, and

basso continuo Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...

in B-flat major, RV Anh. 143 (inauthentic) :Allegro :Adagio :Allegro *Concerto No. 2 for violin, strings and basso continuo in C major, RV 188 :Allegro :Largo :Allegro *Concerto No. 3 for violin, strings and basso continuo in G minor, RV 326 :Allegro :Grave :Presto *Concerto No. 4 for violin, strings and basso continuo in A minor, RV 354 :Allegro :Adagio :Allegro *Concerto No. 5 for violin, strings and basso continuo in F major, RV 285a :Allegro :Grave - Adagio (Grave) :Allegro *Concerto No. 6 for violin, strings and basso continuo in B-flat major, RV 374 :Allegro :Largo :Allegro *Concerto No. 7 for oboe, strings and basso continuo in B-flat major, RV Anh. 142 (inauthentic) :Allegro :Largo :Allegro *Concerto No. 8 for violin, strings and basso continuo in G major, RV 299 :Allegro assai :Largo, cantabile :Allegro *Concerto No. 9 for violin, strings and basso continuo in B-flat major, RV Anh. 153 (inauthentic) :Allegro :Grave :Alla breve *Concerto No. 10 for violin, strings and basso continuo in F major, "Il Ritiro", RV 294a :Allegro :Adagio :Allegro *Concerto No. 11 for violin, strings and basso continuo in D major, RV 208a :Allegro :Grave :Allegro *Concerto No. 12 for violin, strings and basso continuo in D major, RV 214 :Allegro :Grave assai :Allegro

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