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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi is an Italian priest and baroque composer born in Venice.

He is also a master violinist. Vivaldi is considered one of the most famous baroque composers and was famous throughout Europe during his time.

The following concerto - La primavera (Allegro) must be familiar to everyone.

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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi's Deeds

1. His main achievement was to write a violin concerto.

    His most famous work is Le quattro stagioni.

2. When he accepted the higher-level priesthood (deputy acolyte) at the age of 18, Vivaldi set his heart on clergy. He received a priesthood education (theology) in two nearby parishes and graduated. At the age of 25, Vivaldi became a priest. The hair color he inherited from his father made him a "red-haired priest". Many Venetians don't know Vivaldi, but they know the red-haired priest.


3. Vivaldi turned the solo concerto into the best expression of baroque music, and he also brought three movements to maturity. At the beginning or end of the fast movement, he also introduced a unique repeat section. The orchestra kept repeating a music bridge section, and each time it was converted into a different instrument, the music seemed free and multi-angled.
 

4. There are also 55 accompaniment concertos ("no solo concerto") and nearly 21 chamber concertos ("no orchestra concerto"). It can be seen that composers have tried many forms of concerto. Later generations also called him "King of Concerto".

The following buttons are from Le quattro stagioni of Wikipedia.

In addition, the website also has audio files.

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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni is an Italian Baroque composer.

He is good at writing concertos, and has had an important impact on Bach.

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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni was born in Venice, Italy in 1671 and is the eldest son of a wealthy papermaker. He became a singer as a teenager and became more famous as a violinist, and later engaged in opera and instrumental composition.

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni's Deeds

1. He devoted himself to composing music for his hobbies, and established a quite successful art school for singers.


2. Albinoni spent his whole life in Venice, but has visited many places and received hospitality from local celebrities. He wrote 81 operas, but most were unpublished, and later manuscripts were lost. His instrumental works are relatively fortunate. He has published 10 episodes and was very popular at the time.
Unfortunately, all of his musical manuscripts and prints were almost destroyed in the bombing of World War II.


3. His most famous work is Adagio in G minor.

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