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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-77066-0002, Berlin, Deutsche Staatsoper, Festkonzert David Oistrach.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[David Oistrakh]] playing a violin concerto]] |
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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 music|Baroque]] period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Many major composers have contributed to the violin concerto repertoire, with the best known works including those by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]], [[Béla Bartók|Bartók]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]], [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], [[Max Bruch|Bruch]], [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Niccolò Paganini|Paganini]], [[Prokofiev]], [[Shostakovich]], [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]], [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]], and [[Vivaldi]]. |
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 music|Baroque]] period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Many major composers have contributed to the violin concerto repertoire, with the best known works including those by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]], [[Béla Bartók|Bartók]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]], [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], [[Max Bruch|Bruch]], [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Niccolò Paganini|Paganini]], [[Prokofiev]], [[Shostakovich]], [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]], [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]], and [[Vivaldi]]. |
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Traditionally a three-movement work, the violin concerto has been structured in four movements by a number of modern composers, including [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], [[Igor Stravinsky]], and [[Alban Berg]] (in the latter, the first two and last two movements are connected, with the only break coming between the second and third). In some violin |
Traditionally a three-movement work, the violin concerto has been structured in four movements by a number of modern composers, including [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], [[Igor Stravinsky]], and [[Alban Berg]] (in the latter, the first two and last two movements are connected, with the only break coming between the second and third). In some violin concerti, especially from the Baroque and modern eras, the violin (or group of violins) is accompanied by a [[chamber music|chamber ensemble]] rather than an orchestra—for instance, Vivaldi's ''L'estro armonico'', originally scored for four violins, two violas, cello, and [[figured bass|continuo]], and [[Allan Pettersson]]'s first concerto, for violin and string quartet. |
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==Selected list of violin |
==Selected list of violin concerti== |
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The following |
The following concerti are presently found near the center of the mainstream Western repertoire. For a more comprehensive list of violin concerti, see [[List of compositions for violin and orchestra]]. |
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**[[Violin Concerto No. 7 (Vieuxtemps)|Violin Concerto No. 7 in A minor, op. 49/op. posth. 3]] |
**[[Violin Concerto No. 7 (Vieuxtemps)|Violin Concerto No. 7 in A minor, op. 49/op. posth. 3]] |
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*[[Antonio Vivaldi]] — many, particularly: |
*[[Antonio Vivaldi]] — many, particularly: |
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**[[L'estro Armonico]], op. 3 (1711)—twelve |
**[[L'estro Armonico]], op. 3 (1711)—twelve concerti |
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**''La stravaganza'', op. 4 (ca. 1714) |
**''La stravaganza'', op. 4 (ca. 1714) |
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**[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|''The Four Seasons'']] (ca. 1725)—four |
**[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|''The Four Seasons'']] (ca. 1725)—four concerti, the first four numbers of ''Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione'', op. 8 |
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*[[William Walton]] |
*[[William Walton]] |
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**[[Violin Concerto (Walton)|Violin Concerto]] (1939) |
**[[Violin Concerto (Walton)|Violin Concerto]] (1939) |
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Revision as of 05:13, 11 August 2009
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 through the present day. Many major composers have contributed to the violin concerto repertoire, with the best known works including those by Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Paganini, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, and Vivaldi. Traditionally a three-movement work, the violin concerto has been structured in four movements by a number of modern composers, including Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, and Alban Berg (in the latter, the first two and last two movements are connected, with the only break coming between the second and third). In some violin concerti, especially from the Baroque and modern eras, the violin (or group of violins) is accompanied by a chamber ensemble rather than an orchestra—for instance, Vivaldi's L'estro armonico, originally scored for four violins, two violas, cello, and continuo, and Allan Pettersson's first concerto, for violin and string quartet.
Selected list of violin concerti
The following concerti are presently found near the center of the mainstream Western repertoire. For a more comprehensive list of violin concerti, see List of compositions for violin and orchestra.
Selected list of other works for violin and ensemble
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