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Antonio Vivaldi Biography

1. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi Biography The Four Seasons Spring

2. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi ( 1678 – 1741) Nicknamed il Prete Rosso ("The Red Priest"), was a Venetian Baroque composer, priest, and famous virtuoso violinist. He was born and raised in the Republic of Venice. Vivaldi is remembered today for the huge number of concerts that he has left, more than 550. In addition to the 73 sonatas, Vivaldi composed 223 concertos for violin and orchestra , 22 for two violins, cello 27, 39 for bassoon, 13 for oboe and many others for flute, viola d'amore, lute and mandolin. Today is one of the composers of baroque music interpreted more and more appreciated by the public. His fame is based primarily on several concerts for violin and orchestra that emerged from his prolific pen at the turn of the eighteenth century. His concerts can be considered innovative, He developed the solo concert which follows the pattern Allegro-Adagio-Allegro . This

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Antonio Vivaldi's life, music, and the women who shaped his career

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John Banther: I'm John Banther, and this is Classical Breakdown.

From WETA Classical in Washington, we are your guide to classical music. In this episode, I'm joined by WETA Classical's Evan Keely, and we are diving into the extraordinary life of Antonio Vivaldi. There is a lot to get into, like his time and circumstances teaching at an orphanage in Venice, how he helped develop the concerto, and we discuss if illness was the true reason why he stopped being a priest after just one year. Plus, stay with us to the end as we read your reviews from Apple Podcasts.

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The Forgotten Female Musicians Behind Vivaldi - Interview with Author Harriet Constable

Laurie Niles

August 20, 2024, 5:43 PM · Composer Antonio Vivaldi lived hundreds of years ago - from 1678 to 1741 - yet his music remains very much alive today. His "Four Seasons" remains one of the most performed and recorded works ever, and his violin concertos are still a staple in any young violinist's development, as any Suzuki Book 4 student can attest.

But did you know that he wrote many of his works for a female ensemble at a girls' orphanage in Venice? Many of us who are schooled in classical music do know this - but it is often presented as a footnote to the larger biography of the "Red Priest," as Vivaldi was known because of his red hair. He taught music at the orphanage - called the Ospedale della Pietà - and the female musicians whom he taught in turn pushed his own creativity. They tested his new works, performed them, served as copyists and possibly assisted in writing t