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Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi nicknamed il Prete Rosso ("The Red Priest"), was a Baroque music composer and Venetian priest, as well as a famous virtuoso violinist, born and raised in the Republic of Venice. The Four Seasons, a series of four violin concerti, is his best-known work and a highly popular Baroque piece.

Antonio Vivaldi | Biography

The creator of hundreds of spirited, extroverted instrumental works, Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi is widely recognized as the master of the Baroque instrumental concerto, which he perfected and popularized more than any of his contemporaries. Vivaldi's kinetic rhythms, fluid melodies, bright instrumental effects, and extensions of instrumental technique make his some of the most enjoyable of Baroque music. He was highly influential among his contemporaries and successors: even as esteemed a figure as Johann Sebastian Bach adapted some of Vivaldi's music. Vivaldi's variable textures and dramatic effects initiated the shift toward what became the Classical style; a deeper understanding of his music begins with the realization that, compared with Bach and even Handel, he was Baroque music's arch progressive. Though not as familiar as his concerti, Vivaldi's stage and choral music is still of value; his sometimes bouncy, sometimes lyrical Gloria in D major (1708) has remained a perennial favorite. His operas were widely performed in his own time.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Date of birth: 1685, 21-03
Country: Germany
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Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Baroque master piece ft violin virtuoso Gidon Kremer
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Antonio Vivaldi | CD's

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
From Telarc
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Antonio Vivaldi: Late Violin Concertos
Antonio Vivaldi, Andrea Marcon, Giuliano Carmignola, Venice Baroque Orchestra
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Simon Standage
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Antonio Vivaldi| DVD's

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
From Sony Bmg Europe
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The Great Composers - Antonio Vivaldi
From Foreign Media Group
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Zakhar Bron Teaches Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6
Directed by Zakhar Bron
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Antonio Vivaldi | Books

Antonio Vivaldi: The Red Priest of Venice
By Karl Heller
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Vivaldi (Master Musicians Series)
By Michael Talbot
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