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However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died less than a year later in poverty. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for preferment.

An early example of a tone poem, a form later favored by the Romantics, it effectively captures the moods of the seasons even without the benefit of percussion. His vast output included substantial quantities of chamber and vocal music, some 46 operas and a remarkable 500 concertos. His suite The Four Seasons (1723) is one of the best-loved pieces in all Baroque music. Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. Antonio Vivaldi (16781741) was one of the most productive composers of the Baroque era. He was ordained 10 years later in 1703 at the age of 25. Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, Vivaldi ranks amongst the greatest Baroque composers and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators. He was a barber and a very well respected violinist working a lot in Venice, and he presumably gave young Antonio Vivaldi his first lessons in music, but by age 15, he starts to train to become a priest alongside his work in music. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi (who had been ordained as a Catholic priest) was employed from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. John Banther: And Vivaldi's father was a musician.

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His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons. He composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than forty operas. Born in Venice, he is recognised as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe.

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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. Antonio Vivaldi, in full Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, (born March 4, 1678, Venice, Republic of Venice Italydied July 28, 1741, Vienna, Austria), Italian composer and violinist who left a decisive mark on the form of the concerto and the style of late Baroque instrumental music.

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