Antonio Vivaldi's Achievements

 

Vivaldi's Achievements in the Field of Music:   Vivaldi wrote his first piece in 1691 at the age of 13

                                                                        Vivaldi bacame the maestro di violino, at the age of just 25

                                                                        Vivaldi became the maestro di'concerti in 1716, only 38 years old.

                                                                        Vivaldi produced countless pieces, both while at the ospedale and afer his employment there:

Selected Works Include:

Orchestral music

over 230 vn concs., incl. "Four Seasons," op.8 nos. 1-4 (circa 1725)

circa 120 other solo concs. (bn, vc, ob, fl, rec etc.)

circa 40 double concs. ensemble concs. ripieno concs. and sinfonias

4 concs. for double orch

Chamber music

circa 40 vn sonatas

9 vc sonatascirca

10 fl sonatas

27 trio sonatas

22 chamber concs.

Sacred vocal music

Gloria, D

Magnificat, g

psalms, hymns, motets etc.

Juditha triumphans (oratorio, 1716)

Secular vocal music

circa 50 operas, circa 20 surviving, incl. Teuzzone (1719), Tito Manlio (1720), Giustino (1724), Orlando (1727), La fida ninfa (1732), Griselda (1735)

3 serenatascirca

40 solo cantatas

                                                                        Vivaldi became the impresario of the Teatro San Angelo in Venice in 1714

                                                                        Vivaldi, in 1718, became Maestro di Cappella of the court of prince Philip of Hesse-Darmstadt, governor of Mantua

                                                                        Vivaldi moved to Rome and played for Pope Benedict XIII in 1722

                                                                        Vivaldi met and plays for the Holy Roman Emporer Charles VI in 1728

Vivaldi's Achievements Outside of Music:         Vivaldi was ordained a priest in the year 1703

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