Classical music composer vivaldi biography

Vivaldi’s influence on the development of Baroque music was immense. He ignited transformations in music for the church, the opera house and the concert hall.

But his most important achievement was in his music for strings.

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He introduced a range of new styles and techniques to string playing and consolidated one of its most important genres, the concerto. Vivaldi’s concertos became a model for his contemporaries, and the form was soon one of the most important in eighteenth century Europe.

Vivaldi played the violin from an early age, probably taking lessons with his father. He trained for the priesthood and was ordained in His red hair earned him the nickname ‘il prete rosso’ (the red priest).

In the same year as his ordination, he was appointed to the Ospedale della Pietà, a Venetian convent for orphaned or illegitimate girls. He taught the violin there, organised services with music, composed and gave concerts.

Publications of his works began appearing in trio sonatas,