While Vivaldi is most famous as a composer, he was regarded as an exceptional technical violinist as well. In September 1703, Vivaldi became maestro di violino (master of violin) at an orphanage called the Pio Ospedale della Pietà (Devout Hospital of Mercy) in Venice. At the Conservatorio dell'Ospedale della Pietà He appears to have withdrawn from priestly duties, but he remained a priest. Vivaldi only said mass as a priest a few times. Not long after his ordination, in 1704, he was given a reprieve from celebrating the Holy Mass because of his ill health. He was soon nicknamed il Prete Rosso, "The Red Priest", because of his red hair. In 1693, at the age of 15, he began studying to become a priest. 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. His symptoms, strettezza di petto ("tightness of the chest"), have been interpreted as a form of asthma. Vivaldi's father may have been a composer himself: in 1689, an opera titled La Fedeltà sfortunata was composed by a Giovanni Battista Rossi, and this was the name under which Vivaldi's father had joined the Sovvegno di Santa Cecilia: "Rossi" is Italian for "Red", and would have referred to the colour of his hair, a family trait. The Luxembourg scholar Walter Kolneder has discerned in the early liturgical work Laetatus sum ( RV Anh 31, written in 1691 at the age of 13) the influence of Legrenzi's style. It is possible that Legrenzi gave the young Antonio his first lessons in composition. The president of the Sovvegno was Giovanni Legrenzi, a composer of the early Baroque and maestro di cappella at St. Giovanni Battista was one of the founders of the Sovvegno dei musicisti di Santa Cecilia, an association of musicians. He probably taught him at an early age, judging by Vivaldi's extensive musical knowledge at the age of 24 when he started working at the Ospedale della Pietà. Giovanni Battista, a barber before becoming a professional violinist, taught Antonio to play the violin, and then toured Venice playing the violin with his young son. Vivaldi had five siblings: Margarita Gabriela, Cecilia Maria, Bonaventura Tomaso, Zanetta Anna, and Francesco Gaetano. Vivaldi's parents were Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and Camilla Calicchio, as recorded in the register of San Giovanni in Bragora. Vivaldi's official church baptism (the rites that remained other than the baptism itself) did not take place until two months later. In the trauma of the earthquake, Vivaldi's mother may have dedicated him to the priesthood. Though not known for certain, the immediate baptism was most likely due either to his poor health or to an earthquake that shook the city that day. He was baptized immediately after his birth at his home by the midwife, which led to the belief that his life was somehow in danger. The church where Vivaldi was baptised: San Giovanni Battista in Bragora, Sestiere di Castello, Venice.Īntonio Lucio Vivaldi was born in Venice, the capital of the Republic of Venice in 1678. Today, Vivaldi ranks among the most popular and widely recorded Baroque composers. Though Vivaldi's music was well received during his lifetime, it later declined in popularity until its vigorous revival in the first half of the 20th century. The Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and the composer died a pauper, without a steady source of income. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna hoping for preferment. Vivaldi also had some success with stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage for poor and illegitimate children where Vivaldi worked between 17. His best known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons. Vivaldi is known mainly for composing instrumental concertos, especially for the violin, as well as sacred choral works and over 40 operas. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (Ma– July 28, 1741), nicknamed il Prete Rosso ("The Red Priest") was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice.
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