Antonio Vivaldi

During this time, some of the most original and talented composers manifested. One Antonio Vivaldi, was an Italian Baroque composer who was born 1678 in Venice, Italy. Vivaldi was trained by his father (Giovanni Vivaldi) to play the violin. He had become quite fine at playing the violin but, could not learn wind instruments because his shortness of breath. Vivaldi also wanted to become a priest while having musical education. So, he began to study and was ordained the “the Red Priest” in 1703.…

March 4th, 1678, Vivaldi has become one of the most recognizable composers of all time. Prior to becoming a composer, however, Vivaldi was appointed to be a priest. He later gave up his position and focused on his passion for music. Vivaldi was exposed to music at a very young age. His father was a violin teacher and taught Vivaldi how to play. Vivaldi later became a notable virtuoso violin player. At twenty-five years of age, the Devout Hospital of Mercy in Venice even named Vivaldi the “master…

used in western European music from 1600 to 1750. The baroque era includes spirit, opera and its components, cantata and oratorio, concerto, and instrumental music. The greatest example I choose from our book for late baroque period music is an Antonio Vivaldi work, “Spring, from the Four seasons la primavera, from le quattro stgioni), op. 8 1 I.” Spring music is a good example of baroque period because it is well-known in a baroque history of music and published in 1725, which is in the same…

I will be focusing on Winter, which is said to depict “the horrible wind”. Typical of the Baroque era, Vivaldi composed this concerto in ritornello form, with the mixture of a small string orchestra and one violin soloist in three movements. First movement- It begins with the orchestra playing a somewhat dissonant chord to each beat of the music which builds…

Antonio Vivaldi, writer of several unique musical pieces throughout his career, was a composer most commonly associated with the Baroque period (ca 1600-1750). He is seen as one of the many artists that helped contribute to this specific era of music. Throughout his career as a composer, Vivaldi did not fail at attempting to incorporate the Ritornello form, seen throughout the majority of the Baroque period, into many of his works. Vivaldi is most commonly known for his violin concerto “Spring”,…

In my thesis essay I will be discussing, how the baroque style of was considered different that of the Renaissance period I will also be doing my essay a little different, instead of picking one element, I will use all three and compare and contrast all also explaining how the music and art was different. The baroque of style music was very different than that of known as the renaissance period. The main difference that separates baroque style music from the Renaissance era was that music was…

represent this idea, I chose songs that have a more benevolent tone and sound. Songs that have more consonance and are designed to have a happier sound. To begin the concert, I have decided to start off with the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi. In Vivaldi’s Spring poem, Vivaldi writes, “The birds celebrate her return with festive song, and murmuring streams are softly caressed by the breezes.” Spring is the return of warmth, where flowers and trees bloom. As the poem states, the birds return,…

Timeless and inspiring music was born in the Baroque Era. Some of the most prestigious pieces from that time include Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: "Spring", George Frideric Handel's Messiah ("Hallelujah") and Water Music. All three pieces reflect the beauty of the Baroque Era and its music. Vivaldi's piece has the ability to stand on its own, but can also be used to represent all of the season's cycles when paired with his concertos "Fall," "Winter," and "Summer." Handel's oratorio Messiah…

These composers were Antonio Vivaldi, George Frederic Handel, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Vivaldi made significant contributions to instrumental Baroque music. When he was younger, he entered the priesthood and eventually became a music teacher at the Ospedale. His father was a violinist, so he had musical talent in his family. Critics complained of his music being too thin and flashy, but that never stopped Vivaldi from producing four-hundred concertos intended for various…

Janine Jansen as the lead violinist. From the best that I could tell this chamber was filled with one bass, 3 cellos, a few violas and around 10 violens. The Four seasons is a polyphonic piece and was written by the great Antonio Vivaldi and is the best known work of his. Vivaldi named his piece “The Four Seasons” because he wanted to emulate the sounds he heard in nature.…