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Antonio Vivaldi was born on march 4th, 1678 in Venice he was possibly the best known Italian Baroque composer. Vivaldi wrote more than 400 concerts such as his famous //Four Sesons.//

Like his father, Vivaldi had flaming red hair, hence his nickname. Red Priest.

Vivaldi claimed to have composed 94 operas, but less than 50 are confirmed. He also claimed to compose music faster than it could be copied. Vivaldi wrote many religious works for the Pietà orphanage, culminating in his second oratorio, //Juditha triumphans//(Judith triumphant, 1716). Meanwhile, he got into opera as a theater manager and a composer. Between 1723 and 1729, Vivaldi was contracted to supply two concertos per month to the Pietà hospital. He wrote at least 140 and published some of them. Vivaldi was enormously popular in Germany. Bach transcribed some of the Opus 3 concertos, which influenced both the style and the form of his own concertos.

Vivaldi’s set of 12 concertos titled //L’estro armonico// (Harmonic invention), became a best-seller, possibly the most influential music publication of the early 18th century. His next publication, //La stravaganza,// another set of 12 concertos, confirmed his reputation.

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