5 Pieces from Orfeo Recorder Sextets became the genre's first and

became the genre's first and most influential hit

14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas

it nevertheless bears comparison in its use of canonic devices and general layout - either or both compositions could have been devised in a spirit of friendly emulation at the time

*This Partita* comprises a Sicilianna and six arias

The composer Antonio Vivaldi (4 March 1678

5 Pieces from Orfeo Recorder Sextets became the genre's first and*5 Classical Pieces from _Orpheo_* which have been arranged for recorder quartet. 1. Minuet 2. Andante 3. Allegro 4. Minuet 5. Larghetto _Score 15 pp. Parts 4 pp._