By: Alexis Fallin. Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice on March 4th, 1678.

Baroque EraBy: Alexis Fallin

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice on March 4th, 1678.

Though not known for certain, the immediate

baptism was most likely due either to his poor health or

to an earthquake that shook the city that day

Antonio Vivaldi’s Parents nameFather: Giovanni Battista VivaldiAndMother: Camilla Calicchio

SiblingsVivaldi had five siblings: Margarita Gabriela, Cecilia Maria, Bonaventura Tomaso,.Zanetta Anna, and Francesco Gaetano

He was an Italian Baroque composer, priest,

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He was nicknamed il Prete Rosso ("The Red Priest") because of his red hair.

He was baptized immediately after his birth at his home by the midwife, which led to the

belief that his life was somehow in danger.

3 Types of Compositions1

Twelve sonatas for two violins and basso continuo

1705

2Twelve sonatas for violin and basso continuo

1709

3

L'estro Armonico (Harmonic Inspiration), twelve concertos for various combinations. Best known concerti are no. 6 in A minor for violin, no. 8 in A minor for two violins and no. 10 in B minor for four violins

1711

4

La stravaganza (The Extraordinary), twelve violin concertos

I’m going to tell you about Antonio Vivaldi…….

There is a story that he sometimes left the altar in order to quickly jot down a musical idea in the sacristy.... In any event he had become a priest against his own will, perhaps because in his day training for the priesthood was often the only possible way for a poor family to obtain free schooling

He Wrote concerto, concerto is a type of music.

. The solo concerto, however, has remained a vital musical force from its inception to this day.

Though he wrote many fine and memorable concertos,

such as the Four Seasons and the Opus 3 for example, he

also wrote many works which sound like five-finger exercises

for students. And this is precisely what they were.

The reputation of Baroque Venice as a musical Centre was one of the highest in Europe, due largely to its

four conservatories of music.

And his influence during his lifetime was widespread over

Europe.

Antonio Vivaldi’s Childhood

Many of his compositions were written for the female music

ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned

children where Vivaldi worked between 1703 and 1740.

And virtuoso violinist.

Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers

He was born in Venice.

Work sitedhttp://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxvivaldi.html

Video and Song/Springhttp://youtu.be/SUf5v0VySw0

ContextGiven the difficulties of travel and communication two centuries ago, it might easily be assumed that composers would know relatively little of other composers and other countries. Nothing could be farther from the truth! Travel by stage-coach may have been lengthy, and probably only for the well-to-do. But the many post-coach monuments still to be found in Germany, with their journey timings between towns precise down to one-eighth of an hour attest to the high degree of organization and reliability in this mode of travel. Music-making was highly prized by many of the princely and kingly courts, and leading musicians would often be financed for their journeys to bring back the latest styles and compositions. During the first half of the 1700s, German music adopted the Italian forms of the concerto and sonata, and with them, much of the Italian baroque "vocabulary" together with the latest Italian compositions.