Vivaldi: An Invitation to Virtuosity
It is said that an earthquake struck the city of Venice March 4, 1678. While some sources do not mention an earthquake on that date, it would be fitting that one would occur on the day that Antonio Lucio Vivaldi made his entrance into the world, for the music of Vivaldi stirs the soul no less today than it did during his lifetime.
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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi lived from March 4, 1678 to July 28, 1741. He was born in the City of Venice, the capital of the Republic of Venice.
Vivaldi's father, Giovanni Battista--a barber and professional violinist, taught him to play violin, and then toured Venice playing the violin with his young son. Battista was one of the founders of the Sovvegno dei musicisti di Santa Cecilia, a guild for musicians and composers.
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Vivaldi concerto with Itzhak Perlman and Isaac Stern
Vivaldi Concerto in D Major for Two Violins and Orchestra, with Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra...from a VHS tape I recorded off TV (on the occasion of BSO's 100th Anniversary) over 25 years ago, but still in decent shape.
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Vivaldi was a brilliant violinist. As such he makes great demands of the violinist in the music he composed.
Very little is left to the violinist to improvise, which was not common in the
Vivaldi the Educator
1703 became a music teacher in a school for illegitimate and abandoned children. Pieta...compasson.
2 concertos a month...2 concertos a week.
Only the girls learned music, the boys were taught a trade.
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