How Did Antonio Vivaldi Impact The World

Imagine for a little bit that you yourself were a composer so famous that people came to watch you, like a tourist attraction. You might be someone a person from another country might approach to write music for as a souvenir. This would probably be as equivalent to Antonio Vivaldi, who was one of the greatest musical figures of the Baroque period. Vivaldi knew many people from kings and princes and was invited to play for the pope twice. However, after his death his music was ignored for almost two hundred years. His music was not discovered until the twentieth century. Now Vivaldi is very much popular just like during his lifetime. This paper will touch on his life, his works, the impact he made on the musical world and a history of one of
Giovanni was a barber, baker, and violinist. The elder Vivaldi was a well-respected violinist, employed at the church of St. Marks. It is possible that Antonio studied violin under his father when he was younger. It is possible, though not proved, that Antonio also studied with composer Giovanni Legrenzi. He also had five siblings. Vivaldi was baptized immediately after he was born. This could have been because of his ill health or the earthquake that shook Venice on the day of his birth. Later he was baptized in a church when he was older.
Vivaldi suffered from what he called “strethezza di petro” (tightness of the chest) throughout his life. This severe asthma inhibited his speech, and evan made him weak and dizzy when he spoke. This is why he was not able to play wind instruments.
Antonio was trained for a clerical as well as a musical life. He was ordained a priest in March 1703 at the age of 15. Vivaldi’s crop of curly red hair, inherited from his father, prompted friends to nickname the composer ‘il Prete Rosso’- the red priest. His career in clergy was short-lived. His health problems prevented him from delivering mass and drove him to abandon the priesthood shortly after his
He wrote 48 operas- some of which were in collaboration with other composers. 59 secular cantatas and serenatas. 100 were separate arias. 2 were oratorios. There were 60 0ther works of vocal sacred music. 78 were sonatas. 21 were sinfonias. Finally 456 were concertos. Today the vocal music of Vivaldi is little known. But, in his day he was famous and successful as an opera composer. Vivaldi was also one of the great violin virtuosos of his time. The virtuosity is reflected in his music. This made new demands on violin technique. In his instrumental work he naturally favored the violin. He wrote the majority of his sonatas for one or two violins and thorough-bass. Of his concertos, 221 are for solo violin and orchestra. Vivaldi’s concertos are generally in three movements, arranged in the order of fast, slow, fast. The two outer movements are in the same key; the middle movement is in the same key or is closely related. The music proceeds on the principle of alternation: passages for the solo instruments alternate with passages for the full orchestra. The solo instrument ma elaborate on the material played by the orchestra, or it may play quite different material of its own.Either way it builds up tension which can by very