Antonio Vivaldi
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ANTONIO VAVALDI
March 4, 1678-July 28, 1741
CHILDHOOD
- He didn’t start out as a musician he actually studied to become a priest when he was 15
- And when he got older he got taught to play the violin by his dad and would often perform together
- He even continued to study the violin even after he became a priest
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ERA OF MUSIC
- Antonio Vivaldi composed in the baroque era
- His compositions in this era include, Argippo, Bajazet, The Four Seasons, and Gloria e Imeneo and many more.
- His compositions were written from 17th through 18th century.
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INSTRUMENTS
- Antonio wrote over 500 concertos for instruments like, the mandolin, cello, viola d’amore, recorder, and lute.
- But around 230 concertos of them are actually for violin.
- Which he was really good at since he got taught by his dad
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WHERE HE LIVED
- He was born in Venice, Italy March 4, 1678
- And died in Vienna, Austria, July 28, 1741
- He worked in other places too like Mantua and Rome
- And taught in Venice
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HIS NICKNAME
- His friends would call him “ il Prete Rosso” - the red priest
- They called him that because of his curly,red hair
- His dad was just nicknamed “rossi”-redhead
- Since Antonio got his red hair from his dad
TEACHING
- Vivaldi spent all his time writing music and teaching in Venice, the Pio Ospedale della Pietà. The name means “Devout Hospital of Mercy”
- In 1703 he began teaching violin to girls at an orphanage and often wrote music for them to play
FAMILY
- Antonio was the oldest of six/eight children.
- His father was a professional violinist and many other jobs including composer, barber, and copyist
- Also Vivaldi got taught the violin by his dad
- His parents were Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and Camilla Callicho
HIS DEATH
- Since Charles VI died that left Antonio without any royal protection or a source of income. Soon Antonio became impoverished and died during the night 27/28 July 1741 age 61 of internal in fection/asthma and died poor because he wasn’t being payed by Charles VI
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La stravaganza is a set of concertos written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1712-1713. The set was first published in 1716
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