Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was an Italian-born violinist, teacher, priest, and Baroque composer of opera, concerti, cantatas, sinfonias, sonatas, secular and sacred works. More popular outside of Italy during his time, and virtually lost to obscurity until the 20th century, Vivaldi is retrospectively viewed as a paragon of the Baroque era by his vast output of concerti for various solo instruments and combinations of solo instruments. Prematurely born during an earthquake in Venice, Vivald...
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