antonio vivaldi

     

This composer of "The Four Seasons" wrote 46 operas, but only 21 of the scores survive

Trivia about antonio vivaldi

  • Of the almost 500 concertos written by this "Four Seasons" composer, about half feature the violin
  • This "Four Seasons" composer & ordained minister was nicknamed "Il Prete Rosso", the Red Priest
  • This man who composed the work was very popular in his time & a major influence on Bach
  • This Venetian's first works date from the early 18th C. during his years as violin master of a girls' orphanage
  • Baroque composer whose most famous works are the violin concertos known as "The Four Seasons"
  • His concerts became year-long events
  • Son of a violinist at St. Mark's Cathedral, he's the 18th C. Venetian composer whose work is heard here
  • Fritz Kreisler expanded his repertoire by writing pieces, attributing some to this Italian who died in 1741

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