The cello was still a new voice in the solo instrumental world of the early 18th century, and was to remain a fairly specialist one until the 1730s, when it experienced an explosion in popularity in France, rapidly replacing the viola da gamba there as the bass instrument of choice. That there are no printed sources probably comes down to market forces. There is much music for solo cello – single and multiple-instrument concertos, obbligato roles, idiomatic spot-lit bassline moments, etc., and his cello writing is almost always infused with warmth and generosity. This shouldn’t be taken as a sign of his disregard for the instrument, however. In an age of burgeoning sheet music production, Vivaldi published two sets of sonatas for the violin but nothing for the cello.
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