In the season he was once again attached to the Teatro Sant' Angelo, where he produced an opera by the composer Giovanni Alberto Rostori As far as his theatrical activities were concerned, the end of was a high point for Vivaldi. This work was an allegorical description of the victory of the Venetians the Christians over the Turks the barbarians in August At the end of A.
Vivaldi moved to Mantua for two years in order to take up his post as Chamber Capellmeister at the court of Landgrave Philips van Hessen-Darmstadt.
His task there was to provide operas, cantatas, and perhaps concert music, too. His opera Armida had already been performed earlier in Mantua and in Teuzzone and Tito Manlio followed.
On the score of the latter are the words: "music by Vivaldi, made in 5 days. In Antonio Vivaldi returned to Venice where he again staged new operas written by himself in the Teatro Sant' Angelo. In Mantua he had made the acquaintance of the singer Anna Giraud or Giro , and she had moved in to live with him.
Vivaldi maintained that she was no more than a housekeeper and good friend, just like Anna's sister, Paolina, who also shared his house. In his Memoires, the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni gave the following portrait of Vivaldi and Giraud: "This priest, an excellent violinist but a mediocre composer, has trained Miss Giraud to be a singer.
She was young, born in Venice, but the daughter of a French wigmaker. She was not beautiful, though she was elegant, small in stature, with beautiful eyes and a fascinating mouth. She had a small voice, but many languages in which to harangue. Antonio Vivaldi also wrote works on commission from foreign rulers, such as the French king, Louis XV - the serenade La Sena festeggiante Festival on the Seine , for example. This work cannot be dated precisely, but it was certainly written after In Rome Vivaldi found a patron in the person of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, a great music lover, who earlier had been the patron of Arcangelo Corelli.
And if we can believe Vivaldi himself, the Pope asked him to come and play the violin for him at a private audience. Earlier, in the 's, musical life in Rome had been enormously stimulated by the presence of Christina of Sweden in the city.
The "Pallas of the North," as she was called, abdicated from the Swedish throne in A few years later she moved to Rome and took up residence in the Palazzo Riario.
There she organized musical events that were attended by composers such as A. Corelli and Scarlatti. Other composers, too, such as Geminiani and Georg Frideric Handel worked in Rome for periods of time. Like them, Vivaldi profited from the favorable cultural climate in the city. His presence was never required. He also remained director of the Teatro Sant' Angelo, as he did in the , 7 and 8 seasons.
Between and some eight operas were premiered in Venice and Florence. He proved himself to be indispensable to the school, and was given the position of maestro di concerti in Vivaldi wrote over instrumental concertos and sacred choral works. He also composed some 40 operas, not for the school, but for public performance in Venice.
Although Vivaldi remained with the Ospedale through virtually his entire life, his music became known throughout Europe. In , Vivaldi moved to Vienna. It is thought that he may have hoped to gain a position with the Austrian court, but seems to have found no success. He died in Vienna as a pauper in In a curious coincidence that illustrates the intertwined relationships throughout the baroque world, a young Franz Joseph Hayden was at this time a choir boy at St.
He would be virtually ignored until after , when a large cache of original manuscripts was discovered including his now-beloved Four Seasons. Forgotten works by Vivaldi continue to appear from time to time, most recently in and Hit enter to search or ESC to close. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives. Over the course of his symphonies, Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn became the principal architect of the classical style of music.
A prolific artist, Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart created a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music. Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is best known for playing Zorro in the eponymous film series and Puss in Boots in the 'Shrek' film series. Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer whose Symphony 5 is a beloved classic. Some of his greatest works were composed while Beethoven was going deaf.
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist who wrote symphonies, concerti, chamber music, piano works and choral compositions. Austrian composer Johann Strauss surpassed his father, Johann Strauss the Elder's popularity and productivity, becoming known as the "Waltz King. Franz Schubert is considered the last of the classical composers and one of the first romantic ones. Schubert's music is notable for its melody and harmony.
A magnificent baroque-era composer, Johann Sebastian Bach is revered through the ages for his work's musical complexities and stylistic innovations. Olivia Rodrigo —. Megan Thee Stallion —. Bowen Yang —.
0コメント