Antonio Vivaldi, a Baroque composer

1. Kelsey Crawford
ANTONIO VIVALDI

2. • Born on March 4th, 1678
in Venice, Italy
• The Baroque Era-
emerging knowledge and
new ideas
• Ordained priest before
following music
• Extra-Musical Ideas
A LITTLE BACKGROUND…

3. • Musical Technique
• Represents something
other than music
• Prominent in the
Romantic Era- about 150
years after the Baroque
Era!
• EXAMPLE: a composer
may write a string part to
sound like trees rather
than simply writing to the
accepted musical form of
the era.
EXTRA MUSICAL IDEA

4. • Arguably one of his most
famous works
• Enlarged musical
spectrum by including
visual experiences, like
nature and the changing
of seasons
• Creates certain moods in
music- one per season
• Not well received by
critics of the time due to
“FOUR SEASONS”

5. • Scientific discoveries by
Isaac Newton and Galileo
spark the enlightenment
• Artistic Science begins to
emerge
• Vivaldi, strove to
scientifically represent
the human emotions in
an objective and rational
way
VIVALDI’S MUSIC &
THE BAROQUE ERA
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
consists of twelve
movements, three per
season, each containing
their own specific mood.

6. • Musicians relied completely on
employment from wealthy
patrons, state officials, or
Church powers
• Accepted musical elements of
the time: homophony,
orchestral and vocal music,
and the inclusion of the
keyboard
• Vivaldi successfully
assimilated to the Baroque
compositional style while
introducing his audience to
VIVALDI’S MUSIC &
THE BAROQUE ERA (CONT…)

7. • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Vivaldi.jpg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi#mediaviewer/File:Antonio_Vivaldi.jpg
• http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs48/i/2009/189/4/2/Tree_Spirit_by_PsychotropicCherries.png
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/2top/8729655292/
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Portret_van_een_man005.jpg/102
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• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Jahreszeiten_Jahresringe.jpg/640
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• http://www.freecodesource.com/album-cover/51uSaTJN40L/-Vivaldi:-The-Four-Seasons.jpg
• Four Seasons Recordings by John Harrison and the Wichita State University Chamber
Players
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