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Antonio Vivaldi

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ANTONIO VIVALDI

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SPRING

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ANTONIO FACTS 1

  • On the day of his birth a Large earthquake hit Venice Italy
  • He was taught play piano by his father who is a professionalg pianist and a barber

ANTONIO FACTS 2

  • At age 15 he began studying to become a priest and was nicknamed the red priest probably because of his red hair which was a family trait
  • Antonio’s favorite color was red

ANTONIO FACTS 3

  • Antonio Suffered from a form of asthma Which limiting his duties administrating mass what gave him more time to spend writing music
  • bach was a fan of his music

ANTONIO FACTS 4

  • He Produced many of his major works employee as a master violinist for 30 years At the ospedale della a home for abanded children
  • He was kicked out of the orphanage once

ANTONIO FACTS 5

  • His famous song the four session is considered to be an outstanding example of program music
  • Vivaldi composed a total of 500 concertos 90 sonatas and 46 operas
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ANTONIO FACTS 6

  • Vivaldi was commissioned to create music for European nobility and royalty
  • The well recognized Cantata Gloria was written for the celebration of the marriage of Louis XV in 1725

ANTONIO FACTS 7

  • By 1951 London hosted the great postwar Festival of Britain presenting a concert season devoted mostly to the baroque master and firmly secured his place in music history
  • 2006 was the most recent discovery of a lost piece Vivaldi’s opera Argippo which had last been performed in 1730 because someone bought it and forgot about it
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THE END OF ANTONIO

  • At the end of Antonio’s life he was not respected as being a good musician and when he died he was later respected as being a good musician we do not know where he was buried but we know where the graveyard is that he is in
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SITES USED

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