Antonio Vivaldi
1675-1741
Period of Music: Baroque
Nationality: Italian
Instruments he played: Violin
Major composition: The Four Seasons, Concertos
Interesting Facts:
-Vivaldi was the violin teacher and chorus
master at a girl’s orphanage in Venice, Italy.
-Vivaldi was ordained
a priest in 1703.
-His nickname was “the
Red Priest” because he had thick, curly red hair and wore red robes.
-Vivaldi wrote 39
different operas which he helped to produce.
-After Vivaldi’s
death, much of his music was forgotten. Bach arranged ten of his concertos for
harpsichord and organ. These became very popular and began a rediscovery of his
music.
