Vivaldiana (1952) was not merely a composition to be analyzed for its own strengths, but also as a piece representative of the interests, life, and work of Gian Francesco Malipiero. Known as a composer and musicologist, Malipiero, early in his career, studied musicians such as onteverdi and later edited their compositions. Regardless of his level of involvement, Malipiero's editing career always came second to his work as a composer. In fact, Malipiero was in the process of editing several volumes of instrumental music for the publication of Vivaldi's complete works, when he paused to write Vivaldiana. Both projects were undertaken while Malipiero occupied the seat of director at the Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi, which he had accepted in 1947.

In Vivaldiana, Malipiero used and re-orchestrated actual portions from works by Vivaldi, including six concertos which were transcribed for classical orchestra. Subdivided by a change of character and tempo, each of the three double movements are displayed as creative compositional ventures from the editorial work Malipiero had been involved with at the time.

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