Introducing Vivaldi

by Roland Vernon

This series looks at the influences and historical events that shaped the lives of the great composers. Illustrated in full-color, making use of contemporary works of art, these books provide an essential introduction to the lives of those who produced some of the world's most enduring music.

Antonio Vivaldi lived amid the splendor of eighteenth-century Venice. He became a priest as a young man, but devoted his life to music, and made his name as a gifted teacher. In concerts he excelled as a brilliant violinist. But above all, he was an original and exciting composed of concertos, church music, and opera. Audiences tired of Vivaldi's musical style during his lifetime, and he died poor and alone in Vienna. But in recent years, his greatness has been recognized once more.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Music

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1996

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[thatbookperson · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Shelly♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a biography on the life of Vivaldi - from his humble beginnings to his death. It gives an overview of his life and his greatest works. It seems his life is not well documented, and the book reflects this. But it gives to us what it can as far as what is known and sets the backdrop of other things going on. It even addresses the affair that he was accused of having with one of his former Pieta students - although it does it in a subtle way considering the audience of this book.

We learned a lot from this book about Vivaldi and things going on in Italy during the Baroque musical era.