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Vivaldi Sheet Music and Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Antonio Vivaldi
4 March 1678-28 July 1741 <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque period, as well as being a priest and teacher. He influenced many composers with his innovative use of Baroque music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vivaldi wrote over five hundred concerto’s (almost half of these were for the violin<\/em>) and forty-six operas. Therefore he was a huge contributor to the baroque era. You can read more about this era on our baroque music <\/a>blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can download a selection of Vivaldi’s sheet music on our site of the Four Seasons – Spring<\/a>, Summer<\/a>, Autumn<\/a> and Winter<\/a> as well as a many of his other famous works<\/a>. Spring also features on our post on the subject of… Spring sheet music<\/a> and Autumn has it’s own blog post<\/a> too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Antonio was born on 4 March 1678. His father, Giovanni Battista Vivaldi, was originally a barber and later in 1685 became a violinist to the San Marco Basilica in Venice<\/a>. Giovanni was Antonio’s primary teacher and the two of them toured Venice together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vivaldi was the eldest of six children. He studied to become a priest and was ordained at the age of twenty-five. His distinguishable curly red hair earned him the nickname of il Prete Rosso (The Red Priest). Soon after his ordination, he received an exemption from attending mass, probably due to his health. He complained of a tight chest which could have been asthma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1703 Vivaldi went to work at a convent, orphanage, and music school for girls called Pio Ospedale della Piet\u00e0. He worked there for thirty-seven years as a composer, teacher, and conductor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vivaldi was acquainted with royalty and was often commissioned to compose for special occasions. The French ambassador to Venice commissioned Vivaldi to compose the cantata Gloria e Imeneo (RV687) to celebrate the wedding of Louis XV<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n