![]() ![]() Commemorative plaque beside the Ospedale della Pietà. The vote on Vivaldi was seldom unanimous, and went 7 to 6 against him in 1709. After a year as a freelance musician, he was recalled by the Ospedale with a unanimous vote in 1711 clearly during his year’s absence the board realized the importance of his role. He became responsible for all of the musical activity of the institution when he was promoted to maestro de’ concerti (music director) in 1716.įigure 2. The board had to take a vote every year on whether to keep a teacher. His relationship with the board of directors of the Ospedale was often strained. He had to compose an oratorio or concerto at every feast and teach the orphans both music theory and how to play certain instruments. Vivaldi wrote concertos, cantatas and sacred vocal music for them. These sacred works, which number over 60, are varied: they included solo motets and large-scale choral works for soloists, double chorus, and orchestra. In 1704, the position of teacher of viola all’inglese was added to his duties as violin instructor. The position of maestro di coro, which was at one time filled by Vivaldi, required a lot of time and work. Shortly after Vivaldi’s appointment, the orphans began to gain appreciation and esteem abroad, too. The girls received a musical education, and the most talented stayed and became members of the Ospedale’s renowned orchestra and choir. They were financed by funds provided by the Republic. The boys learned a trade and had to leave when they reached 15. Over the next thirty years he composed most of his major works while working there. There were four similar institutions in Venice their purpose was to give shelter and education to children who were abandoned or orphaned, or whose families could not support them. Vivaldi was only 25 when he started working at the Ospedale della Pietà. The German architect Johann Friedrich Armand von Uffenbach referred to Vivaldi as “the famous composer and violinist” and said that “Vivaldi played a solo accompaniment excellently, and at the conclusion he added a free fantasy which absolutely astounded me, for it is hardly possible that anyone has ever played, or ever will play, in such a fashion.” ![]() In September 1703, Vivaldi became maestro di violino (master of violin) at an orphanage called the Pio Ospedale della Pietà (Devout Hospital of Mercy) in Venice. While Vivaldi is most famous as a composer, he was regarded as an exceptional technical violinist as well. Life At the Conservatorio dell’Ospedale della Pietà 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. Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantuaand 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 in Venice, he is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. 8)Īntonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678–28 July 1741) was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. Antonio Vivaldi (engraving by François Morellon de La Cave (fr), from Michel-Charles Le Cène’s edition of Vivaldi’s Op.
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