Vivaldi, Antonio V Composers Composition

Vivaldi, Antonio V Composers Composition

Vivaldi, Antonio

Often called the "Red Priest" because of hair color and early vocation, Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi was born in 1648 and spent most of his adult life teaching music at a girls' orphanage in Venice. During a period of outstanding creativity and virtuoso performers, Vivaldi may have overshadowed almost all of them except Johann Sebastian Bach. Vivaldi developed the concerto into its modern form and produced some of the most familiar music from the period, including his "Four Seasons." He outlived his fame and died in 1741. Ironically, just as it took Mendelssohn to restore Bach to his place among composers, it was Bach's transcriptions that kept Vivaldi's memory alive until his music once again stood on its own feet, beginning in the 1800s.

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- Extensive resources including biographical material, discussion group, beginner's guide, music recommendations, and links. Hosted by Bryan Colley.

- Detailed biography with works, travels, and teaching in the Venice Ospedale from the Baroque Music Page. Includes internal references to related material, including background on the Four Seasons with texts in Italian and English, plus links.

- Life, work, travels, teaching in the Venice Ospedale.
- Composer of the month feature from The Michael O'Neal Singer includes basic biography, summary of musical style, and links.
- Karadar dictionary entry with life, illustrations, related composer links, MIDI audio samples, works catalogues, and list of operas.
- A treatise on Vivaldi, baroque period music, and legacy.
- Biographical note; discography; cross-reference to various catalogues of works; links.
- Over 300 works offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. Two biographies, including that from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Timelines, search engine.
- Brief biographical sketch, caricature, comments on his concertos and church, operatic, and chamber music, and Naxos discography.
- News, links, and information about significant Vivaldi recordings and books.
- Austrian tourist information: picture and article on Vivaldi's last trip to Vienna.
- Biography, key works, suggested reading, further resources, recommended recordings, and timeline, at Humanities Web.

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