Antonio Lucio Vivaldi(4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was a Venetian composer, virtuoso violinist and
impresario of
Baroque music.[4] Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was
widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers. He pioneered many developments in
orchestration,
violin technique and programatic music.He consolidated the emerging concerto form into a widely accepted and
followed idiom, which was paramount in the development of Johann Sebastian Bach's instrumental music.
Vivaldi composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other musical instruments, as well
as
sacred choral works and more than fifty operas.In 1717 or 1718, Vivaldi was offered a prestigious new position
as Maestro di Cappella of the court of prince Philip of
Hesse-Darmstadt, governor of Mantua, in the northwest of Italy.During this period Vivaldi wrote the Four
Seasons, four violin concertos that give musical expression to the seasons of
the year.The inspiration for the concertos was probably the countryside around Mantua.four season is Vivaldi's
most famous work.
Many of his compositions were written for the all-female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a
home for
abandoned children. Vivaldi began studying for the priesthood at the age of 15 and was ordained at 25, but was
given
dispensation to no longer say public Masses due to a health problem.[6] Vivaldi also had some success with
expensive
stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to
Vienna,
hoping for royal support. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died in
poverty
less than a year later.
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In 1693, at the age of fifteen, he began studying to become a priest. He was ordained in 1703, aged 25, and was soon nicknamed il Prete Rosso, "The Red Priest" (Rosso is Italian for "red" and would have referred to the color of his hair, a family trait.
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