Cello sonatas (Vivaldi)

Cello Sonatas
Chamber music by Antonio Vivaldi
Advertisement of a set of six printed sonatas, in Mercure de France
CatalogueRV 38–47
Composedc. 1720–1730
Movements4 in each sonata
Scoring
  • cello
  • continuo

Antonio Vivaldi composed several sonatas for cello and continuo. A set of six cello sonatas, written between 1720 and 1730, was published in Paris in 1740. He wrote at least four other cello sonatas, with two manuscripts kept in Naples, another in Wiesentheid, and one known to be lost.