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. Vivaldi was a prolific composer and producer of opera and was very successful in his day, but his operatic compositions are not nearly as widely performed today as his concertos. 8, RV 293, 'Autumn' (L'autunno) - III.Antonio Vivaldi was certainly a major composer of the late Baroque, but his enduring legacy is generally concentrated in a single genre: the concerto. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte (in G minor) - BINAURAL 3D SOUND - MUSIC THERAPY Allegro (in F minor) - BINAURAL 3D SOUND - MUSIC THERAPY Allegro (in F major) - BINAURAL 3D SOUND - MUSIC THERAPY

Adagio molto (in D minor) - BINAURAL 3D SOUND - MUSIC THERAPY Presto (in G minor) - BINAURAL 3D SOUND - MUSIC THERAPY Allegro (in E major) - BINAURAL 3D SOUND - MUSIC THERAPY Largo e pianissimo sempre (in C♯ minor) - BINAURAL 3D SOUND - MUSIC THERAPY

Allegro non molto (in G minor) - BINAURAL 3D SOUND - MUSIC THERAPY Largo (in E♭ major) - BINAURAL 3D SOUND - MUSIC THERAPY

Vivaldi's music