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Vivaldi's early liturgical work Laetatus sum ( RV Anh 31) was written in 1691 at the age of thirteen. Vivaldi's father may have been a composer himself: in 1689, an opera titled La Fedeltà sfortunata was composed by a Giovanni Battista Rossi-the name under which Vivaldi's father had joined the Sovvegno di Santa Cecilia. It is possible that Legrenzi gave the young Antonio his first lessons in composition. The president of the Sovvegno was Giovanni Legrenzi, an early Baroque composer and the maestro di cappella at St Mark's Basilica. Antonio was probably taught at an early age, judging by the extensive musical knowledge he had acquired by the age of 24, when he started working at the Ospedale della Pietà. He taught Antonio to play the violin and then toured Venice, playing the violin with his young son.

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His father, Giovanni Battista, was a barber before becoming a professional violinist and was one of the founders of the Sovvegno dei musicisti di Santa Cecilia, an association of musicians. This did not prevent him from learning to play the violin, composing, or taking part in musical activities, although it did stop him from playing wind instruments. One of his symptoms, strettezza di petto ('tightness of the chest'), has been interpreted as a form of asthma. Vivaldi had five known siblings: Bonaventura Tomaso, Margarita Gabriela, Cecilia Maria, Francesco Gaetano, and Zanetta Anna.

The ceremonies which had been omitted were supplied two months later. However, there was no earthquake on the day Vivaldi was born, and this rumour may originate from an earthquake that struck Venice on April 17, 1688. In the trauma of the earthquake, Vivaldi's mother may have dedicated him to the priesthood. Most likely it was done due either to his poor health or to an earthquake that supposedly struck the city that day. He was baptized immediately after his birth at his home by the midwife, the reason for which has led to speculation. He was son of Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and Camilla Calicchio, as recorded in the register of San Giovanni in Bragora. The church where Vivaldi was given the supplemental baptismal rites, San Giovanni in Bragora, Sestiere di Castello, VeniceĪntonio Lucio Vivaldi was born on 4 March 1678 in Venice, then the capital of the Venetian Republic. His music remains widely popular in the present day and is regularly played all over the world. Many of Vivaldi's compositions, once thought lost, have been rediscovered – in one case as recently as 2006. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died in poverty less than a year later.Īfter almost two centuries of decline, Vivaldi's musical reputation underwent a revival in the early 20th century, with much scholarly research devoted to his work. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for royal support.

Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna.

Vivaldi had worked as a Catholic priest for 18 months and was employed from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Many of his compositions were written for the all-female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children.

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His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as the Four Seasons. Vivaldi composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other musical instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than fifty operas. He consolidated the emerging concerto form into a widely accepted and followed idiom, which was paramount in the development of Johann Sebastian Bach's instrumental music. He pioneered many developments in orchestration, violin technique and programatic music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music.

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