Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer born in Venice in 1678. He was ordained as a priest but dedicated himself to music. One of his most famous works is The Four Seasons, a cycle of four violin concertos that aims to musically represent scenes from nature, such as storms. Each concerto contains three movements representing changing moods within each season. Vivaldi strived to scientifically represent human emotions in music during the Baroque era, when art and science were beginning to emerge as connected fields.

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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