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    In the 1700s, Antonio Vivaldi composed his highly accredited Four Seasons concerto. The autumn movement in this concerto follows the allegro-adagio-allegro pattern. Vivaldi provided sonnets to go along with each movement to explain what the true meanings are. As a group, we felt it was necessary to provide all of our reactions to the piece. This allowed us to interpret what each of the others were visualizing throughout the composition. Some of our opinions may have varied, but overall the general

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    Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, outstanding composer of “The Four Seasons” and more specifically Gloria in Excelsis Deo, was born March the 4th 1678 and died July 28th 1741. Vivaldi was born in Venice, Italy: a city in northeastern Italy sited on a group of one hundred seventeen small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. He died in Veinna, Austria, the capital and largest city of Austria, and one of the nine states of Austria, Vienna is also Austria 's primary city. Antonio Vivaldi is a well

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    Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was a great composer who was born March 4th, 1678 and later died July 28th, 1741. He was an Italian composer and very talented violinist who “left his mark”, as one would say, on concerto forms and the styles of the late Baroque period. He composed well over 500 pieces during his magnificent career. The Four Seasons was composed in 1723 and is one of his most famous works for the violin. There are four concertos, which matches up with the fact that there are four seasons. His

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    Antonio Vivaldi was born March 4 of 1678 in Venice, Italy or Republic of Venice. When Vivaldi was born his parent thought he was a miracle from God because on the day that Vivaldi was born an earthquake hit the town of Venice killing millions and not killing the Vivaldi family. Because of this, his parents had committed Vivaldi to the priesthood since he was young. His father sees that Vivaldi is a child prodigy and quits his job to teach his son how to play the violin. Vivaldi was very limited to

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    Vivaldi was a classical composer in the early 1700’s, whose works where played for Kings, Queens and the Pope. His works can still be heard today in movies like pretty woman, white chicks, on TV advertisements and as background music in restaurants. Vivaldi wrote hundreds of concertos, one of his most popular being “spring” by The Four Seasons. This specific piece is optimistic and full of hope. While listening to “Spring” of the Four Seasons along with researching Vivaldi’s history the hypothesis

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    Antonio Vivaldi, a major composer during the Baroque period, made significant changes during his time, from numerous works to a teacher at the Pieta to a priest. Vivaldi excelled writing in many genres; however, he is known mainly for his concertos (Hanning & Burkholder 264). In the case of the Baroque era, Antonio Vivaldi’s contributions profoundly impacted music for the violin, ushering in a period of popularity for the instrument. I will talk about four issues that need to be addressed in order

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    Antonio Vivaldi, a Baroque composer conceived in Venice in 1678, is extremely outstanding for his sonatas, musical dramas, and vocal music, yet especially for his 500 or more concertos. Among these works is potentially Vivaldi's most prestigious concerto, "The Four Seasons". This piece is to a great degree expressive, particularly as it is joined by an individual poem for each season, which gives the entertainers a manual for deciphering the nuances that are ever-present in Vivaldi's works.[1] Vivaldi

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    My first work is "La Primavera" written by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi in 1723. “La Primavera” is one of four violin concertos, each capturing moods and illustrating stories related to a specific time of year. Each section within this movement illustrate the most beautiful scenes of the spring season, including birds, babbling brooks, and a thunderstorm. (Soomo). My second work is an oil on canvas painting, titled “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” by Thomas Moran. “The Grand Canyon of

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    Throughout his life Antonio Vivaldi had many achievements. Some were big some were little some were small but they didn’t matter that much to him. His love and talent for music was much better than anything he could be given. Without his music the classical music genre would be almost non-existent. Antonio Vivaldi had a very interesting childhood. To start off, he was born on March, 4 1678 in Venice, Italy. He was the eldest child of nine and had four brothers and four sisters. Antonio’s father Battista

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    musicians. While Bach's musical career centered around Germany, Antonio Vivaldi was the son of a professional violinist whose musical career cantered in Italy. Born on March 4, 1678, Vivaldi was a virtuoso violinist and composer whose works included over 500 concertos. Vivaldi's output was enormous. It is said that he invented ritornello form. If he did not invent this, he was the first to use this technique. In 1703, Vivaldi began an on and off relationship with the Ospedale della Pieta, a

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