Juxtaposition In Vivaldi

Juxtaposition is where the music is placed together to give a contrast effect. There are two main instances of juxtaposition, which Bach used in his composition. First one is simultaneous juxtaposition is where the two voices play at the same time and can be heard as two contrasting sound. Bach registered this mostly on his organ pieces, which many of the other composers did not do that much. He also used the simultaneous juxtaposition for an instrumental ensemble. Doubling the instruments was a common composition technique in the Baroque orchestra. Bach was thinking more of the interesting sounds of the combination. Another juxtaposition he used is the temporal juxtaposition. Similar to imitative counterpoint where it begins with one …show more content…
Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian composer born in Venice, Italy. He was the oldest sibling of nine children. In 1703, Vivaldi was ordained to the priesthood and because he had a red hair, he was well known as the red hair priest. He was trained to play violin from his father, Giovanni Battista Vivaldi . Giovanni was a violinist and prior to that, he was a barber. Vivaldi and his father played a duet while they were touring around Venice. As a child prodigy, he appeared in the public in 1696. Vivaldi had a health issue, which know days is commonly known as asthma. However, his love towards the music did not stop him from playing violin or composition. He only had to stop playing any wind instruments. Instead of quitting music, Vivaldi became a violin teacher at the orphanage that was a girl’s facility. Vivaldi wrote many of the songs for those girls in the orphanage facility. Vivaldi’s dedication towards the facility helped the orphans because they received the music education. Giving the music education helped, especially, the advanced players because they were able to remain in the facility to get much higher musical education and many of them became a part of the Ospedale’s re-owned orchestra and choir. Around 1715, Vivaldi began