Violin Concerto in e minor, RV 278

Composer: VIVALDI, Antonio
  • Vivaldi likely wrote his Violin Concerto in e minor in 1730 or 1731 when the composer was visiting Bohemia. The concerto consists of three movements:
    1. Allegro molto
    2. Largo
    3. Allegro1
  • Having written hundreds of concertos during his career, including over 200 for violin, Vivaldi is widely accepted as having perfected the classical music genre and solidified the fast-slow-fast three-movement structure.

Sources

  1. “Violin Concerto in E minor, RV 278 (Vivaldi, Antonio),” IMSLP, accessed October 23, 2025, https://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_in_E_minor,_RV_278_(Vivaldi,_Antonio).

Cut IDs

27385 22399