Unfortunately, soon after Vivaldi’s arrival the Emperor died. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for an important position.

Vivaldi also had some success with stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. 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. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as “The Four Seasons.”

He is known mainly for composing many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other instruments as well as sacred choral works and more than forty operas. Born Antonio Lucio Vivaldi in Venice o n the 4th March 1678, he is recognised as one of the greatest baroque composers and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. Vivaldi was an Italian baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and Catholic priest.

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