The document discusses the Baroque period and composer Antonio Vivaldi. It provides background that the Baroque period was from 1600-1750 and was characterized by ornate detail in architecture, music, and art. Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer born in 1678 who was renowned for his instrumental concertos and sacred choral works. He worked for much of his life at an orphanage in Venice called Ospedale della Pietà, composing pieces like The Four Seasons. His rediscovery in the 20th century led to a large revival of his music.

1. Presentation by:
Craig Robbins

2. When was the Baroque?
Characteristics of the Baroque
Who is Vivaldi?
What did he do? When?
Notable works & playing examples

3. relating to or denoting a style of
European architecture, music, and art
of the 17th and 18th centuries that
followed mannerism and is
characterized by ornate detail. In
architecture the period is exemplified by
the palace of Versailles and by the work
of Bernini in Italy. Major composers
include Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel;
Caravaggio and Rubens are important
baroque artists.

4. 1600-1750
Tonality!
New musical ornamentation and notation
changes
Ensembles sizes change, expanding
ranges, and complexity of parts
New styles/genres and forms including
opera cantata, oratorio, concerto, and
sonata

5. J.S. Bach
Henry Purcell
Claudio Monteverdi
Francois Couperin
Heinrich Schutz
Arcangelo Corelli
Georg Philipp Telemann
Jean-Philippe Rameau

6. Antonio Lucio
Vivaldi
Born: March 4, 1678
Died: July 28, 1741
Italian Baroque
Composer
Also, violinist, cleric,
teacher & priest

7.  Known for mainly instrumental concertos,
sacred choral works, and more than 40
operas.
 Many of his operas had great success as
Italian was language Europeans wanted to
hear opera in
 Worked much of life for the Ospedale della
Pietà, a home for abandoned children
 His music would undergo a large revival well
into the 20th century

8. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
-Spring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFHPRi0
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La Silvia,
opera performed 1st in Milan, 1721
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mna0P5
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9. www.baroquemusic.org/bqxvivaldi.html
http://www.biography.com/people/antonio-
vivaldi-9519560
http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/
bio.asp?id=61
http://baroque.org/baroque/