Baroque Era

1. Baroque Era By: Alexis Fallin

2. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice on March 4th, 1678.

3. Though not known for certain, the immediate baptism was most likely due either to his poor health or to an earthquake that shook the city that day

4. Antonio Vivaldi’s Parents name Father: Giovanni Battista Vivaldi AndMother: Camilla Calicchio

5. Siblings Vivaldi had five siblings: Margarita Gabriela, Cecilia Maria, Bonaventura Tomaso,.Zanetta Anna, and Francesco Gaetano

6. He was an Italian Baroque composer, priest,

8. He was nicknamed ilPrete Rosso ("The Red Priest") because of his red hair.

9. He was baptized immediately after his birth at his home by the midwife, which led to the belief that his life was somehow in danger.

10. 3 Types of Compositions

11. I’m going to tell you about Antonio Vivaldi…….

13. There is a story that he sometimes left the altar in order to quickly jot down a musical idea in the sacristy.... In any event he had become a priest against his own will, perhaps because in his day training for the priesthood was often the only possible way for a poor family to obtain free schooling

14. He Wrote concerto, concerto is a type of music. . The solo concerto, however, has remained a vital musical force from its inception to this day.

15. Though he wrote many fine and memorable concertos, such as the Four Seasons and the Opus 3 for example, he also wrote many works which sound like five-finger exercises for students. And this is precisely what they were.

16. The reputation of Baroque Venice as a musical Centre was one of the highest in Europe, due largely to its four conservatories of music.

17. And his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe.

18. Antonio Vivaldi’s Childhood

19. Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedaledella Pietà, a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi worked between 1703 and 1740.

20. And virtuoso violinist.

21. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers

22. He was born in Venice.

23. Work sitedhttp://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxvivaldi.html

24. Video and Song/Spring • http://youtu.be/SUf5v0VySw0

25. Context Given the difficulties of travel and communication two centuries ago, it might easily be assumed that composers would know relatively little of other composers and other countries. Nothing could be farther from the truth! Travel by stage-coach may have been lengthy, and probably only for the well-to-do. But the many post-coach monuments still to be found in Germany, with their journey timings between towns precise down to one-eighth of an hour attest to the high degree of organization and reliability in this mode of travel. Music-making was highly prized by many of the princely and kingly courts, and leading musicians would often be financed for their journeys to bring back the latest styles and compositions. During the first half of the 1700s, German music adopted the Italian forms of the concerto and sonata, and with them, much of the Italian baroque "vocabulary" together with the latest Italian compositions.