Introducing the Lampson/Vivaldi Instrumental Works Cross-Reference.

Being a great admirer of Vivaldi's instrumental works, I've always wished I had a comprehensive and complete listing of all the master's works with the assigned catalog numbers by the various catalogers structured in such a way as to allow easy searching, sorting and translation between the catalog numbers. A fairly thorough search turned up no such list, so I decided to create a database of Vivaldi's works that I could use to create cross-reference lists including any and all information usually included in the various works lists. I have recently concluded the first pass through the data entry and review phases, and present the results for general consideration.

I currently have the following lists available:

Sorted by Ryom Number
Sorted by Fanna Number
Sorted by Pincherle Number
Sorted by Ricordi Number
Sorted by Opus Number
Instrumentation & Comments
Manuscript Sources Sorted by Ryom Number

I can also make the data available in a variety of formats as necessary. If anyone would like access to this data, please feel free to let me know.

Some interesting stats:

253 Concerti for Violin, strings & basso continuo.
44 Concerti for Strings & basso continuo.
42 Sonatas for Violin & basso continuo.
39 Concerti for Bassoon, strings & basso continuo.
28 Concerti for 2 Violins, strings & basso continuo.
26 Concerti for Cello, strings & basso continuo.
25 Sonatas for 2 Violins & basso continuo.
20 Concerti for Oboe, strings & basso continuo.
17 Sinfonias for Strings & basso continuo.
15 Concerti for Flute, strings & basso continuo.
10 Sonatas for Cello & basso continuo.
97 Concertos for various and/or multiple instruments.
21 Sonatas (including trios) for various and/or multiple instruments.
2 Sinfonias for Violin, strings & basso continuo.
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639 Instrumental Works (512 Concertos, 108 Sonatas, 19 Sinfonias)

42 works in A Major
28 works in A minor
62 works in B Flat Major
17 works in B minor
99 works in C Major
26 works in C minor
77 works in D Major
44 works in D minor
20 works in E Flat Major
15 works in E Major
25 works in E minor
72 works in F Major
4 works in F minor
49 works in G Major
58 works in G minor

Sources

The "New Grove Italian Baroque Masters" article on Vivaldi by Michael Talbot 1980, 1984 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN 0-393-30094-3

Vivaldi by Alan Kendall

Various volumes of the "Informazioni e studi vivaldiani" published by "Instituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi" (founded by Sgr. Antonio Fanna). Sgr. Gian Francesco Malipiero is both Artistic Director of Institute and the editor of the scores; and G. Ricordi & Co. are the publishers of the scores (Edizioni Ricordi).

I would like to acknowledge the invaluable assistance provided by Winslowe Lacesso At the University of Alberta, Canada, in researching inconsistencies and typos in the lists and referring to the published scores as necessary. Her assistance is greatly appreciated.

1995-09-05 (HTML-version), Werner Icking (1943-2001), GMD

2004-04-22, Jean-Pierre Coulon mail

2005-02-25, Christian Mondrup