Vivaldi was an Italian composer of the Baroqueperiod. The Baroque Era spanned approximately 1600 to 1750; Vivaldi was born in 1678 and died in 1741.
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My orchestra teacher told me this. Beethoven and Mozart are 2 great famous composers but both are different.
Beethoven was always writing dramatic music, considering he was deaf *hard of hearing* he was more inspirational. But Beethoven was always messy, never ever had time to clean up or take baths which was gross. He actually became a prodigy at the age of 5 but also had a very tragic life. *writing a symphony would take 6 months*
Mozart wrote the type of happy, bubbly music. Became a prodigy at the age of 3 - 7 *not accurate* was German of course and was just a plain genius. He was born in the Classic or Baroque era while I think Beethoven was born as well in the classic.
*would take Mozart at least a day to write a symphony!*
hope this had helped!
Vivaldi's "Spring" is a concerto for solo violin accompanied by a string ensemble, one of four he wrote based on four poems celebrating the four seasons. Following the typical outline, there is a fast movement, a contrasting slow movement and a concluding fast one, featuring virtuoso passage-work by the soloist. The sonata-allegro form as Haydn perfected it and as we know it today had not been developed yet, so the three movements were in a free fantasia form based on the outline from the poem.
No one actually give Vivaldi the nickname, il prete rosso. He got that because his red flaming (and rare) hair.
He was a first rate composer and a virtuoso violin player, among other things, I'm sure.
His most famous piece of music would have to be "The Four Seasons", which incidentally, I love.
This was a question on a recentl music quiz. He got his nick name because of his Russian influence. I won't tell you the answer in full in case you are looking for the answer to win this quiz - if you still want to know the answer, try again after the closing date of the quiz on 2 February!
Ralph Vaughan Williams was born at Down Ampney on October 12, 1872, and died August 26, 1958. He was the most distinguished English composer of the 20th century.
He was not deaf, but very hard of hearing. His hearing loss was attributed to his service in World War I, when he was in the Royal Gallery Artillery. The tenor Robert Tear recalls that if anyone wanted to talk to him in his later years, RVW had to use an ear trumpet.
Vivaldi was born and died in Venice. In 1722, he moved to Rome for a time.
Antonio Salieri died on May 7, 1825 at the age of 74.
Some of Antonio Vivaldi's compositions are "Fall", "Winter", "Summer" and "Winter" they are all part of one huge composition called "The Four Seasons"
His Parents were Camilla Calicchio and his father Giovanni Battista Vivaldi.
Giovanni was a barber before becoming a professional violinist, Giovanni taught his son to play before touring Venice with Antonio as a young boy.
Giovanni was one of the many founders of the Sovvvengo Dei Musicisti di Santa Cecillia (A trade union for musicians and composers)
(Information off WikiAnswers and Wikipedia)
Please correct me if i have the wrong information.
Vivaldi did not write for the clarinet since it hadn't been invented yet.
Vivaldi DID write for Clarinet! His Concerto for Two Oboes and Two Clarinets in C major, RV 560 would like to take the previous poster up on a wager.
Vivaldi wrote literally hundreds of concerti (the Italian plural of concerto). He wrote concerti for solo violin (including the Four Seasons), for cello, for mandolin, for flute, for piccolo, and a number of concerti for combinations of solo instruments.
Giuseppe was born in 1813 and died in 1901 so technically he was a romantic musician and yes his pieces were romantic style.