Air / Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1925
Materials
Place of origin
Gunby
Collection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 3117221
Summary
This is probably the Air from Organ concerto in D minor, composed by Vivaldi, originally a concerto for 2 violins in an organ version by J.S. Bach, arranged for violin by Arthur Somervell, and dated 1925 in a separate manuscript.
Bibliographic description
1 score (1 sheet) ; 31cm. Provenance: perhaps scored in hand of Arthur Somervell as a violin arrangement of the piece, on behalf Diana Montgomery-Massingberd (1872-1963). See full notes on this and related item. Binding: single sheet ; unbound.
Makers and roles
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Sir Arthur Somervell (1863-1937) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)