Vivaldi autograph scores
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 12:24 am
Internet Culturale have digitised a massive cache of Vivaldi autographs and partial autographs from Turin, covering a very large part of Vivaldi's output. Putting these on IMSLP would be great, but it would take some work. There are 27 volumes of what appear to be anywhere between 150 and 300 leaves each (so between 300 and 600 pages), making for over 10,000 pages of material. Some are operas, but the majority are concerti and sacred works that would need to be split and put on each relevant work page. Perhaps it could become a project of some kind?
I think this search result should cover all of these?
Edit: I've had another look through these, and they are indeed the complete autograph collection from the Biblioteca Nazionale di Torino, comprising both the Foà and Giordano collections. There are some 13 volumes containing concerti (8 dedicated ones, and some of the volumes of sacred music also contain concerti). None of these appear to be on RISM, making it relatively hard for people to find them, so it would be great to have them here. Many of them are clear enough to play from.
I think this search result should cover all of these?
Edit: I've had another look through these, and they are indeed the complete autograph collection from the Biblioteca Nazionale di Torino, comprising both the Foà and Giordano collections. There are some 13 volumes containing concerti (8 dedicated ones, and some of the volumes of sacred music also contain concerti). None of these appear to be on RISM, making it relatively hard for people to find them, so it would be great to have them here. Many of them are clear enough to play from.