For the broader context - since this is one of the few instrumental pieces by Vivaldi for which we do have a context -, please refer to the description.
I'm curious about the manuscript after reading about the 'lacunae' you point out in the score. Who's hand is it in? Is it autograph anywhere? The manuscript is fairly neat, and without correction or blemish for the most part. There are little fancy flurries, such as the fancy lettering in Sinfonia (cut off in the video). Some thought and care was taken in the unusual arrangement of arco and pizz in the slow mvt, though it is very rare that Vivaldi wrote one of these sinfonia slow movements, a fairly tight stylistic formula, with the violas doubling the bass an octave up (rather than harmonizing the line). It could be part of the texture he was looking for or a bit of haste. Overall, with the care and possible use of experienced copyist who would catch errors and consult Vivaldi or manufacture a reasonable solution, it seems odd that Vivaldi left those gaps, even if he was working in emergency haste to get the concert program filled. Doesn't quite make sense to me. The style suggests a newly composed work rather than something fitted out of old pieces or lifted wholesale from an opera sinfonia. It seems to correspond with the times. Beneath the gregarious Vivaldi exterior, instantly recognizable, there are galant style 'concordances,' harmonic pulse, and rhythms (masses of grace notes, shooting little Lombardic sparks). Interesting history as well as music in this 1740 collection.
@@ConanNugga The sinfonia is entirely in Vivaldi's hand. Most likely it was a neat copy made from his composition score (not preserved). Of the four works contained in the Dresden source, RV 540 is also in the composer's hand (except the headings on the first page); the two other concertos and the title pages are not.
Vivaldi é o mestre sinfônico e dos concertos muito copiado e imitado por Bach e por muitos outros alemães, inclusive muitas obras de Vivaldi foram atribuídas a Telemann e Bach... O mestre é Vivaldi
