Antonio Vivaldi
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
INFORMATION
- He was intended to be a priest but followed his passion of music instead
- His father was a violinist
- At the age 25 he was named master of the violin at the ospedale Della pietà
- Began studying to be a priest at the age of 15
- Vivaldi could not play wind instruments because he had asthma
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INFORMATION
- In 1716 he was promoted to music Director
- He wrote about 500 concertos
- His main teacher was probably his father
- He took jobs from Rome and mantua
- Hero The Four Seasons in mantua add 1717 to1721
- Emperor Charles the sixth declared in a knight
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INFORMATION
- We left Venice to vienna, Austria to see if he could get a job in The court
- His nickname was the red priest
- Lived for 63 years
- His two most successful operatic works where la Constanza trionfante and farnace
- In the early 20th century Alfredo casella revived Vivaldi‘s music and organized the Vivaldi week revival
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FUN FACTS
- Because he had asthma he could not be a Priest because he ran out of breath because he cannot finish the verse
- He was buried in a basic grave with no music playing
- Vivaldi was a red head
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FUN FACTS
- He wrote concertos, sinfonia, sonatas
- He also wrote operas
- And also sacred music
- And cantatas
- And serenatas
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FAMILY
- His parents were Giovanni, Camilla Vivaldi
- Vivaldi had five siblings: Margarita Gabriela, Cecilia Maria, Bonaventura Tomaso, Zanetta Anna, and Francesco Gaetano.
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AFTER DEATH
- He died in poverty🥹
- He died in poverty because Charles the sixth died and that was his steady source of income
- In the early 20th century Alfredo casella revived Vivaldi‘s music and organized the Vivaldi week revival
- Died from internal infection
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FOUR SEASONS
- https://youtu.be/GRxofEmo3HA
- He wrote it in 1718
- He was 40 when he wrote four seasons
