So I've been listening (over and over and over) to one of the Vivaldi concertos for the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet event. If you watch the DVD, you'll notice that there's a guitar part in the very beginning, for about four bars, and then three more bars starting at about measure 87. Vivaldi didn't actually write that part. He did write some guitar concertos, but this particular guitar is being treated as a continuo instrument, which he didn't.
So... There is no guitar part from which a guitarist (or, in our case, harpsichordist)can play, but the dancers needs something to dance to, and (more importantly) Maestro wants a guitar part. For harpsichord.
So I'm transcribing today. Come visit!
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