In eighteenth-century Italy, a motet was a vocal composition, to a Latin text, of a sacred (but not liturgical) nature. In reality, motets, written for solo voices, were bravura pieces, as we see from Vivaldi’s contributions to the genre, in which he demonstrates all his skills as a composer of vocal works.
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Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, RV629
O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV631
Vestro Principi divino - Mottetto per contralto, archi e continuo RV 633 in F major
Canta in prato, ride in monte, RV623
Invicti, bellate - Mottetto per contralto, archi e continuo RV 628 in G major
Nulla in mundo pax sincera, motet for soprano, strings & continuo, RV 630
Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, RV629 O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV631 Vestro Principi divino - Mottetto per contralto, archi e continuo RV 633 in F major Canta in prato, ride in monte, RV623 Invicti, bellate - Mottetto per contralto, archi e continuo RV 628 in G major Nulla in mundo pax sincera, motet for soprano, strings & continuo, RV 630 |