Describe how Vivaldi’s Concerto in E major, (“The Spring”) illustrates the characteristics of the Baroque solo
concerto and ritornello form.
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: solo violin pitted against the tutti orchestra, the tutti plays two ritornello themes (A and B) again and again,
with each statement interspersed by a violin solo (some with tutti accompaniment
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a. true b. false
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