Transcript Semester Paper Vivaldi PowerPoint 97

Biography
By Wendy Duke
 Born March 4, 1678
 Composer
 Priest
 Violinist
 Died July 28, 1741
 Trained to become a priest
 Received a free education
 Ordained in 1703
 Became a teacher in 1703 at Pio Ospedale della pieta
 Taught on and off from 1703-1940
 Published his first works in 1703
 First operatic production Orlando finto pazzo 1714
 Estienne Roger published 12 concertos
 ‘l’Estro armonico’ (Harmonic Inspiration)
 1718 Went to Mantua
 Traveling with his new opera Armida al campo d’Egitto
 1720 Went to Rome to perform for Pope Clement XI
 Made a deal to write 140 Concertos in 6 years
 He wrote The Four Seasons in this time
 Also Storm at Sea, Pleasure, and The Hunt
 Wrote over 500 concertos in his lifetime
Click on the picture to hear
Storm at Sea by Vivaldi
 He did not write for the intellectual minority
 He wrote his music for all to enjoy
 He died in poverty
 Buried in the least expensive type of grave.
 Died in Vienna.
 Vivaldi’s work regained popularity
 Pieces of The Four Seasons used commercially
 Music resurrected by Alfred Casella
Composition HistoryThe Four Seasons
 Spring
 Movements I, II, and III
 Autumn
 Movement I
 Bach was influenced by Vivaldi
 He liked his concertos and arias
 The Four Seasons was written in 1723
 Published in 1725
 First recorded in 1942
 Second recording by Louis Kaufman in 1947
 Over 1,000 recordings since
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The Four Seasons
has been used in movies
 Tin Cup
 Spy Game
 A View to Kill
 What Lies Beneath
 White Chicks
 The Other Sister
 and more.
Listening Guide
Movements I, II, & III
Spring
Click on picture to
open music player
window.
0:00-0:24
Birds happily
playing
0:33-1:56
Ritornello Form
2:19-3:07
End of the first
movement.
Spring
Movement III
6:20-6:53
Spring
Movement III
7:20-10:17
Listening Guide
Movement I
Autumn
Movement I
Click on the picture
to open a window
that will play the
song.
0:00-0:25
Autumn
Movement I
0:32-2:04
Autumn
Movement I
2:16-3:39
 8 Notes. 10 June 2011
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