ANTONIO VIVALDI

CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY

• His parents were Camilla Calicchio and Giovanni Battista Vivaldi.
• Vivaldi has five siblings.
• Vivaldi was baptized immediately after birth, it is believed they did this, because he had ill health, or that there was an earthquake in Venice that day.
• Vivaldi was taught violin by his father Giovanni. Giovanni or his father was a professional violinist as well.

Vivaldi and His Struggles:
Vivaldi suffered from a condition called ‘ strettezza di petto’. It’s a condition where your throat tightens. This struggle caused Vivaldi to struggle being a priest, and causing him to rarely do mass.

YEARS LATER

• He first began studies to become priest at age 15.
• Nicknamed the Red Priest, because of his red hair.
• Eventually was ordained priest in 1703.

Antonio Vivaldi came from Italy, and was born in the city Venice, Italy. He later moved to Vienna to hopefully get royal support, because he wasn’t doing good in business. The downside was that the king died shortly after Vivaldi’s move.

INFO ABOUT VIVALDI’S PARENTS

• His dad was nicknamed Rossi which means redhead.
• Giovanni worked as a barber, professional violinists, and as a baker.
• Mom helped raise Vivaldi with Giovanni.

Vivaldi was a composer during the Baroque era of music. Vivaldi is best known for playing violin. When Bach and Vivaldi were alive Bach admired Vivaldi because of his skill.

When Vivaldi died he died poor, he didn’t even get music to play at his funeral, and only the church bells marked his death. Vivaldi died in Vienna, Austria.

JOB

• Vivaldi worked at the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children. He worked there for about 30 ish years, as a master violinist.
• He also worked as a priest, but that career was short lived with his medical condition.

Vivaldi made about 500 concertos, 90 sonatas, and 46 royalties. Vivaldi’s music is still being discovered today from various places, but somewhat close to the places he lived.

MUSIC PIECES BY VIVALDI

• https://youtube.com/watch?v=QP73569coeo&feature=share
• This piece is called La Stravaganza.

ANOTHER PIECE OF VIVALDI’S MUSIC

• https://youtube.com/watch?v=RMHguvZPcqQ&feature=share
• This piece is called Gloria.

LAST PIECE I’M SHARING :)

• https://youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA&feature=share
• This piece is called the Four Seasons.
• The Four Seasons is a piece that is combined with multiple parts. There are four parts, spring, fall, summer, and winter. That is not in order according to the music.
• In each piece Vivaldi tried to demonstrate what he thought of the four seasons by music.
• This piece is very famous, and many people know of it.

RESOURCES THAT I USED TO GET THE INFORMATION

• Wikipedia.com
• Canollymusic.com
• Discoverwalks.com
• Classicism.com
• YouTube for the music.