antonio vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice on March 4th, 1678 to Giovanni Vattista Vivaldi and his wife Camilla Calicchio. Giovanni Vivaldi was originally a barber but, like his infamous son, was intensely in love with the violin and started serving both as a violin teacher at a school and as a part of the St. Mark Basilica orchestra (Antonio Vivaldi). The first born of nine children, Antonio Vivaldi was born so feeble and sickly that the …showed first 75 words of 1468 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1468 total…Vivaldi” (Vivaldi, Antonio, 408). Since then Antonio Vivaldi has only gained in popularity and interest and is regarded as one of the inspirational and prime composers of all time. Works Cited Antonio Vivaldi. Updated May 7, 2000. October 5, 2000. <http://hem.passagen.se/selinakyle/> Blom, Eric. Grove‘s Dictionary of Music and Musicians Vir-Z. Vol. IX. New York: St. Martin’s Press Inc. 1954. "Vivaldi, Antonio." Britannica Micropedia. 1989 ed., vol. 12, 407-408. Vivaldi Homepage. October 5,2000. <http://home.kc.rr.com/vivaldi/>