Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, and impresario. His influence on Baroque music was widespread across Europe during his lifetime. Vivaldi was a prolific composer, producing numerous instrumental concertos, choral works, and operas. His best-known work is the series of violin concertos called the Four Seasons. He is considered one of the greatest Baroque composers, alongside Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Vivaldi's music was lost for almost two centuries until the early 20th century when it underwent a revival, and many of his lost compositions were rediscovered.

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  OBOE

  Marcello's Oboe Concerto arranged by Bach and mistakenly attributed to Vivaldi

  Concerto in D minor for oboe, strings, and continuo, also known as Marcello's Oboe Concerto, can rightfully be called a...
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  Nature Sounds

  8 orchestral pieces depicting thunderstorms

  Of all the meteorological phenomena, thunderstorms are perhaps one of the most imposing forces of nature, so it is not...
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  MANDOLIN

  Vivaldi's two mandolin concertos as the core of classical mandolin music

  Although the mandolin in its modern design can be traced from the second half of the Baroque period, its role in... 1 comment
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  Nature Sounds

  Why birds sing their songs: great maestros proving the musicality of nightingale, cuckoo, yellowhammer

  It is no coincidence that the sounds emitted by birds are known in many languages as "songs", rather than simple animal... 1 comment
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  ORCHESTRA

  Hermann of Reichenau: disabled monk who boosted art and science 1000 years ago

  A remarkable figure of the 11th century, Hermann of Reichenau was a chronicler, composer, poet, and scientist who...
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  ORCHESTRA

  Amsterdam's free spirit for the Italian virtuoso

  Pietro Locatelli (1695—1764), Italian violinist and composer, was one of the first great violinists who practiced...
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  Chalumeau

  German maestro ordered all his music to be set on fire

  Christoph Graupner (1683–1760) was one of the principal German composers of the period shared by J.S. Bach and Georg...
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  Violin

  150 composers contributed to La Folia through the centuries

  La Folia is one of the most revered melodies in music history. Originating as a late fifteenth-century Portuguese dance...
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  TRUMPET

  Forgotten German composer behind the shift from Baroque to Classical

  Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) was the leader of the transitional period from late Baroque to early Classical in his...
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  ORCHESTRA

  Obscured by Vivaldi, an Italian virtuoso found fans in England

  Francesco Saverio Geminiani—influential Italian violinist, composer, and theorist—was born in 1687 in the scenic town of...
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  OBOE

  Corelli's famous violin piece rearranged for oboe three centuries later

  One of the seminal figures of early Baroque, Arcangelo Corelli, was the master of violin which supremacy in the...
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  Violin

  Max Richter's modern upgrade of The Four Seasons

  Vivaldi's The Four Seasons could be rightfully called the most noted work of classical music.  Contemporary composer Max...
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  ORCHESTRA

  Vivaldi's Bohemian Concerto was the last gift for the dying lute

  Within Antonio Vivaldi's creative period, the lute was going out of fashion as the lead solo instrument, though its...
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  Violin

  Vintage performance of Vivaldi's concerto for four violins

  Antonio Vivaldi wrote many concerts for violin, but only a few for four violin soloists. Concerto for Four Violins was...