Credo (Vivaldi)

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The Credo in E minor (RV 591) by Antonio Vivaldi is the only extant setting the composer wrote of the Nicene Creed. Another setting exists (RV 592) but is of dubious authenticity.

Settings

RV 591

Figure 1. Measures 1 and 2 of the Violini I e II staff of RV 591.
RV 591 has four movements. In a style similar to his psalm setting of In exitu Israel (RV 604), the first movement adorns the chorus' simple rhythms of crotchets and minims with the orchestra playing semiquavers and quavers. The second movement is a brief choral episode in the stile antico, borrowing thematic material from the composer's Magnificat. The fourth movement is similar to the first, based on the similar semiquaver-quaver motif, closing with a fugue.
Figure 2. Measures 129 and 130 of the Violino I staff of RV 588.

The first (and final) movements open with a motif which bears similarity to a brief passage found in the first movement of the Gloria (RV 588).

Movements

  1. Credo in unum Deum
  2. Et incarnatus est
  3. Crucifixus
  4. Et Resurrexit

Media

Credo
1. Credo in Unum Deum
Credo - Et Incarnatus Est
3. Crucifixus
Performed by the Advent Chamber Orchestra with the Advent Choir directed by Gabriel Pavel
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RV 592

RV 592 is a disputed composition, attributed to Johann Adolph Hasse.

External links

Sacred music by Antonio Vivaldi
Ordinary of the Mass:
Kyrie • Gloria • Credo
Vespers:
Domine ad adiuvandum me festina • Dixit Dominus • Beatus Vir • Magnificat • Salve Regina
Oratorios:
Motets and non-Liturgical:
Motets • Introduzioni
Incomplete:
Regina coeli
Miscellaneous:
Hymns • Other Psalm Settings • Stabat Mater
Spurious authorship:

Missa Sacrum

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