ANTONIO VIVALDI

CHILDHOOD

• Born in Venice Italy
• He studied music as a childhood with his dad
• He was a child of six and he was the oldest

STUDYING

• He studied music but at 15 he decided to be a priest
• He studied priesthood for 10 years
• He studied baroque music

PRIEST

• He was called The Red Priest because he had red hair
• He was a priest so he couldn’t have a girlfriend or get married
• He was a priest for 18 months

WHY HE IS NAMED THE RED PRIEST

• When he was ordained he was soon nicknamed il Prete Rosso. Rosso in Italian means red and referred to the color of his hair

HEALTH

• He had asthma which made him dizzy and weak when he spoke
• He died from a mysterious inflammation

SUMMER

• https://youtu.be/mFWQgxXM_b8

SPRING

• https://youtu.be/mFWQgxXM_b8

WINTER

• https://youtu.be/3sSXeIXeLbY

AUTUMN

• https://youtu.be/elE-n9Tj_Zg
• I like this song because it sounds like it would be put in a movie

THE FOUR SEASONS

• https://youtu.be/GRxofEmo3HA
• This is all the songs put into one

CAREER

• Vivaldi made his debut as a composer of sacred vocal music in 1713
• More than 50 authentic sacred vocal compositions by Vivaldi are extant

HISTORICAL THINGS

• Antonio Vivaldi has a alley named after him in Paris,France
• Antonio Vivaldi has a monument at Rooseveltplatz,Vienna,Austria

FUN FACTS

• He was from a musical family
• Bach was a fan of his music
• He taught violin at an orphanage
• The four seasons was revolutionary
• He was commissioned by European nobility

WEBSITES

• Wikipedia
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Biography

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