Discover Music. See more Vivaldi News. See more Vivaldi Music. See more Vivaldi Album Reviews. See more Vivaldi Guides. Antonio Vivaldi — Biography. Vivaldi: the man Vivaldi: A Life. Top Vivaldi pieces Buy CD. Preview Track Preview. Buy CD. This work was an allegorical description of the victory of the Venetians the Christians over the Turks the barbarians in August At the end of A. Vivaldi moved to Mantua for two years in order to take up his post as Chamber Capellmeister at the court of Landgrave Philips van Hessen-Darmstadt.
His task there was to provide operas, cantatas, and perhaps concert music, too. His opera Armida had already been performed earlier in Mantua and in Teuzzone and Tito Manlio followed. On the score of the latter are the words: "music by Vivaldi, made in 5 days. In Antonio Vivaldi returned to Venice where he again staged new operas written by himself in the Teatro Sant' Angelo. In Mantua he had made the acquaintance of the singer Anna Giraud or Giro , and she had moved in to live with him.
Vivaldi maintained that she was no more than a housekeeper and good friend, just like Anna's sister, Paolina, who also shared his house. In his Memoires, the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni gave the following portrait of Vivaldi and Giraud: "This priest, an excellent violinist but a mediocre composer, has trained Miss Giraud to be a singer. She was young, born in Venice, but the daughter of a French wigmaker. She was not beautiful, though she was elegant, small in stature, with beautiful eyes and a fascinating mouth.
She had a small voice, but many languages in which to harangue. Antonio Vivaldi also wrote works on commission from foreign rulers, such as the French king, Louis XV - the serenade La Sena festeggiante Festival on the Seine , for example. This work cannot be dated precisely, but it was certainly written after In Rome Vivaldi found a patron in the person of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, a great music lover, who earlier had been the patron of Arcangelo Corelli.
And if we can believe Vivaldi himself, the Pope asked him to come and play the violin for him at a private audience. Earlier, in the 's, musical life in Rome had been enormously stimulated by the presence of Christina of Sweden in the city.
The "Pallas of the North," as she was called, abdicated from the Swedish throne in A few years later she moved to Rome and took up residence in the Palazzo Riario. There she organized musical events that were attended by composers such as A. Corelli and Scarlatti. Other composers, too, such as Geminiani and Georg Frideric Handel worked in Rome for periods of time.
Like them, Vivaldi profited from the favorable cultural climate in the city. His presence was never required. He also remained director of the Teatro Sant' Angelo, as he did in the , 7 and 8 seasons.
Between and some eight operas were premiered in Venice and Florence. Abbot Conti wrote of his contemporary, Vivaldi: "In less than three months Vivaldi has composed three operas, two for Venice and a third for Florence; the last has given something of a boost to the name of the theater of that city and he has earned a great deal of money.
In the publication Il Cimento dell' Armenia e dell'invenzione The trial of harmony and invention , Op. Antonio Vivaldi was a highly influential composer and violinist. He is remembered for his contributions to the Baroque genre of classical music, as well as his many operas and instrumental performances. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born on the 4 March, in the capital city of Venice. Some historians believe that his mother dedicated him to priesthood because an earthquake hit the city the very same day he was born.
Vivaldi was introduced to music by his own family. He would accompany his father to tours and concerts, thus he drew great inspiration from him.
Little is known about how Vivaldi began his formal training in composition. Vivaldi was ordained as a priest on
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