The spring, the summer, the autumn, the winter.
Do, re, mi… the four season over the violin by Vivaldi; the spring in renaissance of nature, the summer in solar ectasia, the autumn in land’s wealth, the winter in brilliance and purity of snow.
Always enjoy of the Four Seasons at Opera, Ari, Symphonie, Concert.
The classic music it can imagining without Vivaldi?
Antonia Lucio, Vivaldi is born to Venice of 4 th May 1678, he is been a composer, Italian violinist, a principal exponent of venetian baroque tardy.
For color of his hair he came named “ The red priest”, been a great composer and violinist of his era enriching the Italian music with the important original influences.
THE STUDY; THE COMPOSITIONS…THE MUSIC BY ANTONIO VIVALDI.
THE CHILDHOUSE, A ECLESIASTIC LIFE ; EN FIN TRIOMPH THE MUSIC.
Antonio Vivaldi is born in a venetian family , the father Giovani Battista Vivaldi of craft barber and violinist and the mother Camilla Calicchio with the sartorial origins.
At the voluntary of mother, for his weak, peccary health conditions he goes for entrancing in ecclesiastic life attending to school of his parish, studying the theology in church of San Geminiano and in the church of San Giovanni in Oleo.
The music, the violin him seduced : the divinity, the muse of amour , who knows?
Finally , Vivaldi learn to play the violin of father demonstrating his talent.
Listening his music, there is denying.
Without abandoning the music it takes as violinist during the natality functions at Capella of basilic by San Marco, contemporaneity he making part of group the Art of players.
In times he is being priest , associating with the work as master of violin to Pio Hospital of Pietà declaring :” The exceptional music is that of Hospitals where the children singing as the angels and playing the violin , the organ, the oboe, the violoncello, the fagot; in conclusion this is the instrument when him don’t fright.”.( Antonio Vivaldi).
During this years Vivaldi writing the great part of music : Opus1( collections of 12 sonatas, collections of 12 concerts for one, two and fourth violins with arches, The extravagance( Opus 4), the concerts for only violin and arches).
As composer he are a big contribute to development of solo concert starting by Giuseppe Torelli and of the technology by violin and of orchestra.
His music bring a vast aria compositive ( concerts, sonatas, tracks of sacred music) influencing the composers as Bach, Pisendel, Heinichen, Zelenka, Boismortier, Corrette, De Fesch, Quantz.
The compositions the more known are” The fourth seasons” celebrity in music and for subject.
He abandons the priestly activity , why he love the music.
It’s his destiny, or a pleasure of life?
He work in theatre in the varies compositions in opera, musical arias, triumphant in loves with successes in varies theatres to Venice( Theatre of Grace by Vicenza, Theatre Sant Angelo by Venice, Theatre San Moise).
It’s a musician known of contemporaneity as violinist and composer “Really I am astounded as he is capability of playing the violin, he pushing and raise his finger until he approaching of hand, for it not leave the more space for arches…( Johann Friederich Armand von Uffenbach).
His talent consisted for compose a clear and expressive music, innovating the music of era in formal and rhythmic structure of concert.
His music making appreciated if of Allemande people, if of French people England people are reserved attacking him with Charles Avison sustaining when his music is been adapted to make teenager’s divertimenti.
With all critic he comes considered one of masters of baroque Italian school in sounds contrasts into simplicity harmony and suggestively, renovated the instrumental music.
The catalog of work is vast , complex, his fame is known in all Europe of instrumentals compositions facing to remarkable productions of sacred music and vocal, singing and arias.
The musical richesses is significantly in concerts characterized of rapid movements in varies tonality of characters with a free thematic, composing with a great liberty.
After the died he leaved in shadow and ignored for his publicized concerts, the end of second Mondial war with siècle XX-lea the compositions by Vivaldi making the object of universal success.
Learned and loved !
Of 1947 the man of venetian affairs Antonio Fanna founded the Italian Institute Antonio Vivaldi with the composer Gian Francesco Malipiero as artistic director.
He is died to Vienne in 28 July 1741.
THE WORK, COMPOSITIONS…ALL SPECHES BY VIVALDI.
IT FEELS HIS MUSIC INTO DEICATECY, IN HARMONY.
Sonatas: nr.40 violin; 9 violoncello, 4 flout,1 oboe, 1 flout, 20 and two violins …
Concerts: 220 violins, 37 fagots, 27 violoncello, 3 flout, 1 mandolin, 25 for two violins, 3 two corns, Opus I,12 rounds for two violins and bass continue harmonic, The extravagance…
Opera: : Ottone in villa, Orlando finto pazzo, Orlando furioso, L’ incoronazione di Dario, Armida al campo d’ Egitto, Tito Manilo, La Silvia, Giustino, Farnace…..
Sings and serenade: 22 sings for soprano and bass continue, 8 for contralto and bass continue…
Vivaldi is a innovator composer of baroque style , he love the liberty of creations, express the purity into the musical note with clarity and refinement.
The movements are rapids in varies tonality with a free thematic.
His compositions are for all the instruments , a harmonic music, riche in complexes work.
Sounds contrast.
Harmony.
Simplicity.
Suggestively theme.
Expressed in sentiments, love, triumphant in compositions.
The spring?
The summer?
The autumn?
The winter?
What is your the seasons preferred ?
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