![]() ![]() ![]() Music became the heart and soul of the girls’ lives at the Pietá, and they performed Vivaldi’s compositions every Sunday and on holidays. For almost his entire life Vivaldi served as the violin teacher, composer, and conductor at the Conservatory of the Ospedale della Pietá, a school for orphaned and illegitimate girls. Vivaldi turned to music for his livelihood. Nevertheless, he was a priest for the rest of his life, and because of his fiery red hair he was nicknamed “ il prete rosso,” or “the red priest.” The Ospedale della Pietá He was excused from active service the following year at the age of 26, probably due to his poor health. Unlike many composers, however, Vivaldi did not initially intend to become a professional musician he studied to become a priest and even took orders in 1703. Mark’s Chapel, and thus Vivaldi was able to receive an excellent musical education from an early age. His father was a prominent violinist at St. ![]() ![]() This is an enigma, because while many forgotten composers are neglected for good reason, Vivaldi and his music have never deserved slighting, and one must only listen to a few of his joyful pieces to realize how gifted Vivaldi was.Īntonio Vivaldi was born in Venice, Italy, in either 1677 or 1678. Moreover, despite his popularity during his lifetime, Vivaldi was inexplicably forgotten after his death, and the general public only began taking notice of his works in the mid-1900s, more than 200 years after he died. Not only do historians not know the exact year in which he was born, but they also debate the reason why he chose to leave his duties as a Roman Catholic priest to teach at a girls’ school. “…In the torrid heat of the blazing sun, man and beast alike languish, and even the pine trees scorch: the cuckoo raises his voice, and soon after the turtle dove and finch join in song…” -attributed to Antonio Vivaldi, from a sonnet accompanying the second movement of The Four SeasonsĪn air of mystery surrounds Antonio Vivaldi, the famous Baroque composer from Italy. In the following article, our guest author Caroline Bennett tells of Vivaldi’s life and work. From Gloria to Th e Four Seasons, Vivaldi’s music is vivacious and beautiful, full of astonishing brilliance and color. ![]()
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