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Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria, RV 589

BIOGRAPHY:
Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi
Baroque musicians - www.baroquemusic.org/biovivaldi.html
Here is a short video with a bio of Vivaldi:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfuUhjvbF24
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Here’s a good bio (13:00) with much more info and wonderful images, plus various pieces by Vivaldi as background music (just ignore the very bad Italian and pronunciation by the narrator!)
​Definitely worth watching!

​www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=NlLZd2SO0C4&feature=emb_logo

HISTORY
While the Gloria, RV 589 is one of Vivaldi's most performed, recorded, and beloved works, it did not re-enter the cannon of choral repertory until its rediscovery in the 1930s. This is because, by the time of his death in 1741, the Baroque style was declining in popularity, in favor of the emerging Classical style of the Enlightenment, and the fact that Vivaldi's last years were marked by poverty, ill health, and increasing obscurity.

​Here is a link to an article with timeline on the rediscovery of Vivaldi's music:
choralnet.org/2016/07/cj-replay-rediscovery-antonio-vivaldi/

Here is where you can view/download the complete article:
https://www.academia.edu/14884694/Discovering_the_Rediscovery_of_Antonio_Vivaldi_by_Miles_Fish
GOOD PROGRAM NOTES on the GLORIA: data.instantencore.com/pdf/1000620/Masses+for+Peace+Program+Notes.pdf
If you would like to see the original AUTOGRAPH SCORE in Vivaldi's own hand (now kept at the
​Biblioteca Nazionale, Turin,) it has been scanned and posted online:
s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/ac/IMSLP564179-PMLP29257-Vivaldi_-_Gloria_in_D_Major,_RV_589.pdf

SCORES

​Since many singers already own a score of the Vivaldi Gloria, we ask those who do NOT yet have one to purchase your own.
Online score
​     Piano/vocal score edited by S. Skye Donald
     ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c1/IMSLP130351-PMLP29257-Gloria.pdf

Scores recommended for purchase: there are three editions available that you can choose from

1.   Carus Verlag edition, edited by Gunter Graulich
     Vocal Score: Carus 40.001/53
     Cost: 8.95 EUR

Publisher's website: www.carus-verlag.com/en/composers/vivaldi/vivaldi-gloria-in-d-revised-edition.html
​
NOTE: It appears that the shipping costs are quite HIGH, as the score would be coming from Germany, and that it might take several weeks to arrive. Thus, for those practical reasons, this might NOT be the best choice....
2.   Barenreiter edition
     It is only $9.75 for the Vocal Score, and is in stock at the music score seller J. W. Pepper. 
Here is the link to this score at J. W. Pepper. It is the first item: 

     
"SATB Vocal Score Latin" - Publisher ID BA07674-90
https://www.jwpepper.com/Gloria%2C-RV-589/10274713.item

J. W. Pepper offers several shipping options depending on how soon you want delivery, including ​Budget Shipping $2.99, and Ground Service costing $4.99

3.    Oxford University Press edition
      This score
 is $11.25 at J. W. Pepper, and appears to be in stock.
     Shipping options are the same. 
Here is a link to that score info:

     SATB Choral Score - Number 3118783 - $11.25
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?keywords=vivaldi+gloria+oxford+edition

RECORDINGS
INDIVIDUAL CHORAL MOVEMENTS
Recording by John Aldis Choir and the English Chamber Orchestra 
1. GLORIA (with scrolling score)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ICW_iZcti4
2. ET IN TERRA PAX (with scrolling score)
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv-dq4JdkyM
4.GRATIAS AGIMUS TIBI + 5. PROPTER MAGNAM GLORIAM (with scrolling score)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkNOkZOS8qY
7. DOMINE FILI UNIGENITE (with scrolling score)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqTtXwpDFGc
8. DOMINE DEUS (with scrolling score)​
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb6Pb_bU12w
9. QUI TOLIS (with scrolling score)​​
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QdHH1d5Gp4
11. QUONIUM TU SOLUS SANCTUS (with scrolling score)​​
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SgfDac6hMI
12. CUM SANCTO SPIRITU....AMEN (with scrolling score)​​
www.youtube.com/watch?v=azS9Km5kK8g&list=PLmpGRDM63EtgEva1CEGrmoXrCYu9HkGuE&index=12
This is the crowning movement of the Gloria, and certainly the most majestic and complex.
It is a "stile antico" fugue with a subject + a countersubject on the text "cum sancto spitiru in gloria Dei Patris," plus a two part countrapuntal theme on the word "Amen."


It is actually an arrangement by Vivaldi of the ending of a Gloria per due chori composed in 1708 by an older contemporary, the now forgotten Veronese composer Giovanni Maria Ruggieri, whom Vivaldi seems to have held in high esteem, as he used a second adaptation of this piece in another, lesser-known D Major Gloria setting, RV 588.
​

FORM of Movement #12: Fugue with a subject and countersubject
M. 1 -16 = FUGAL EXPOSITION
M. 16 - 23 = EPISODE #1
M. 23 -32 = DEVELOPMENT: Fugal Statement #2
M. 32 - 35 = EPISODE #2
M. 36 - 45 = DEVELOPMENT: Fugal Stagement # 3
M. 46 -50 = EPISODE #3
M. 50 -72 = Fugal STRETTO (overlap of fugal themes)
M. 72 - M.78 end = Closing statement

PRACTICE AUDIO/VIDEOS
With scrolling score. Individual part is highlighted in the recording.
Accompaniment is simulated, but choral parts are sung.
​Numbering of the later movements may slightly different---go by the title.
Note: Tempi may NOT be accurate to our performance.
​Links will open in a new window.
SOPRANO
​1 - GLORIA  
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZomQ7U8eWY&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VPF6hcYm5glP7DiZyyXKUjs
​2 - ET IN TERRA PAX 
[This tempo is too fast!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBk9-OtykJQ&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VPF6hcYm5glP7DiZyyXKUjs&index=2
​
4 - GRATIAS AGIMUS TIBI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0Xpi87PHM&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VPF6hcYm5glP7DiZyyXKUjs&index=3
​
5 - PROPTER MAGNAM GLORIAM [This tempo is definitely too slow!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jdlxVMy2A&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VPF6hcYm5glP7DiZyyXKUjs&index=4
7. DOMINE FILI UNIGENITE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=reOM6fkXrA4&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VPF6hcYm5glP7DiZyyXKUjs&index=5
8. DOMINE DEUS ​
[This tempo is definitely too fast!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvr_aTreopM&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VPF6hcYm5glP7DiZyyXKUjs&index=6
​
9 - QUI TOLIS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST21HCh7qY8&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VPF6hcYm5glP7DiZyyXKUjs&index=7
11. QUONIAM TU SOLUS SANCTUS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJF5JWViNu4&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VPF6hcYm5glP7DiZyyXKUjs&index=8
12. CUM SANCTO SPIRITU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEdPW2WI_Ic&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VPF6hcYm5glP7DiZyyXKUjs&index=9

ALTO
​1 - GLORIA  
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1mz64tPk1U&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VMzJbIe2cOKkizA9vElTpj8
​2 - ET IN TERRA PAX 
[This tempo is too fast!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Hr7Z4gUYg&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VMzJbIe2cOKkizA9vElTpj8&index=2
​4 - GRATIAS AGIMUS TIBI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRtSZGamJxY&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VMzJbIe2cOKkizA9vElTpj8&index=3
​5 - PROPTER MAGNAM GLORIAM [This tempo is definitely too slow!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsIqYvu2UeE&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VMzJbIe2cOKkizA9vElTpj8&index=4
7. DOMINE FILI UNIGENITE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WpsngYCJ8Q&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VMzJbIe2cOKkizA9vElTpj8&index=5
8. DOMINE DEUS ​[This tempo is definitely too fast!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bGut7cXztI&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VMzJbIe2cOKkizA9vElTpj8&index=6
​9 - QUI TOLIS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHzE2EEPs7A&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VMzJbIe2cOKkizA9vElTpj8&index=7
11. QUONIAM TU SOLUS SANCTUS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6E6CK5ieak&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VMzJbIe2cOKkizA9vElTpj8&index=8
12. CUM SANCTO SPIRITU

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqV_HE7RYAY&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VMzJbIe2cOKkizA9vElTpj8&index=9

TENOR
​1 - GLORIA  
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGFJ0PPlKuQ&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VNp_t5Mc81zvQQvIVtI0bkt
​2 - ET IN TERRA PAX 
[This tempo is too fast!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLQV-5KRwEU&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VNp_t5Mc81zvQQvIVtI0bkt&index=2
​4 - GRATIAS AGIMUS TIBI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ4Dpt7Qkpg&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VNp_t5Mc81zvQQvIVtI0bkt&index=3
​5 - PROPTER MAGNAM GLORIAM [This tempo is definitely too slow!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRxC2Xsxt34&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VNp_t5Mc81zvQQvIVtI0bkt&index=4
7. DOMINE FILI UNIGENITE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ-5Gvrk6qo&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VNp_t5Mc81zvQQvIVtI0bkt&index=5
8. DOMINE DEUS ​[This tempo is definitely too fast!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-CNpN1m7P4&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VNp_t5Mc81zvQQvIVtI0bkt&index=6
​9 - QUI TOLIS
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc4JidYVyWY&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VNp_t5Mc81zvQQvIVtI0bkt&index=7
11. QUONIAM TU SOLUS SANCTUS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gGPdF6DxhU&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VNp_t5Mc81zvQQvIVtI0bkt&index=8
12. CUM SANCTO SPIRITU

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1UGTEPOsDg&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VNp_t5Mc81zvQQvIVtI0bkt&index=9

BASS
​1 - GLORIA  
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifl2YOXGduo&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VO8L26JnQcRTQtwQZZwhS-d
​2 - ET IN TERRA PAX 
[This tempo is too fast!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KZ7nmO1Ooc&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VO8L26JnQcRTQtwQZZwhS-d&index=2
​4 - GRATIAS AGIMUS TIBI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs0tE0tIeVs&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VO8L26JnQcRTQtwQZZwhS-d&index=3
​5 - PROPTER MAGNAM GLORIAM [This tempo is definitely too slow!]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TgwfSKzHnE&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VO8L26JnQcRTQtwQZZwhS-d&index=4
7. DOMINE FILI UNIGENITE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr4RNal7QFE&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VO8L26JnQcRTQtwQZZwhS-d&index=5
8. DOMINE DEUS ​[This tempo is definitely too fast!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUPA6WZ3ZEY&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VO8L26JnQcRTQtwQZZwhS-d&index=6
​9 - QUI TOLIS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkQA99SJ5oA&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VO8L26JnQcRTQtwQZZwhS-d&index=7
11. QUONIAM TU SOLUS SANCTUS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZJVq7H_At4&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VO8L26JnQcRTQtwQZZwhS-d&index=8
12. CUM SANCTO SPIRITU

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-jHZNmKJyY&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VO8L26JnQcRTQtwQZZwhS-d&index=9

For more info, please visit the web sites of Ms. Alexander's ensembles