Vivaldi, Antonio
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Born: 4 March 1678, Venice, Italy
Died: 28 July 1741, Vienna, Austria

Vivaldi (1723) by Francois Morellon La Cave, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna

Vivaldi, Antonio

Among the most important composers in the history of violin. He composed over 200 violin concerti, and was one of the deliverers of change in the concertoSequence from Violin Concerto No.6 / Vivaldi - until then, the "concerto grosso" faced a small soloist band with the entire orchestra, and the concerto was based on their combination. Vivaldi was one of the first to deploy a single solo instrument against the orchestra, which would become widely accepted later on. For example, he wrote a Mandolin ConcertoPart 1 (Allegro moderato) from Mandolin Concerto in C - Vivaldi.

Vivaldi - caricature (1723) by Pier Leone Ghezzi, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, RomeHis work "The Four Seasons"'Winter' from 'The Four Seasons' , Op.8 - Vivaldi'Summer' from 'The Four Seasons' , Op.8 - Vivaldi, describing the seasons of the year in four separate solo-concerti, is very popular.

After his death, Vivaldi was almost forgotten, but in the course of studying Bach's work, researchers found that Bach copied many sections of Vivaldi's work, as customary in their time, and so many of his works were studied, exposed and became familiar to the concerts audience.





Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" (Spring) - Gidon Kremer leads the English Chamber Orchestra



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