If I try to live 2-3 lives at the same time, sooner or later something (or someone) would suffer.Īnyway, I'm asking EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU who tends to like this recording of mine, to send me at least a ridiculously small amount. You know, the nature of artistic creation is such, that it needs a tranquil and well-rested mind - and the same is true, for instance, when I drive a car, or when I fly an aircraft. Then some of you may 'suggest' "okay, then don't sleep so much -) " ! As if I'd be a robot. Which is totally normal for so many of you - we both know what hard work is! But the day consists of only 24 hours for me as well. I just take a shower, eat something, sleep. After work I'm tired, for even trying to sit down with my instruments. Nothing is "too small" !!!īecause, you know, when I must do "something else" to pay the bills (something that I do only for the money, no vocation whatsoever), then this takes away my precious (and limited) Time, and during the hours of this type of "survival work" I obviously cannot practice, I cannot make new recordings, cannot prepare the projects in my head or on the computer, cannot fix a cable, etc. then I could continue to make a living as a musician. the change that you would give to a homeless person on the street. only a tiny little amount that you feel comfortable with. If you - on top of this - would also consider giving me (sending me) 1 dollar, or even a dime, a quarter. Hey guys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, I'm really glad that so many of you like this ! Every week 4-6 people share this recording of mine, and many more people give me a "like" (without sharing). (There's no such amount as "too small"! Anything, really.) Please support me with a few dollars - or just 50 cents. “Antonio Vivaldi.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Vivaldi will be remembered as a “pioneer of orchestral programme music”, his autographed musical manuscripts bound in 27 volumes still with us today. After a decline in popularity in 1739, it is believed that he died in poverty (as his funeral on July 28, 1741, would suggest). In his “Spring” concerto, we are able to hear a sleeping shepherd (solo violin), a sheepdog (viola), and a rippling brook (orchestral violins). 1–4), cycles of violin concerti, depicting a different season of the year. He used instruments to illustrate a scene, especially notable in The Four Seasons (Opus 8, no. Vivaldi mastered the three movement concerto and is believed to be the first composer to use ritornello form regularly. He later made his debut as a sacred vocal music composer in 1713, and composed operas, sonatas, sacred compositions, cantas, and instrumental works. In September 1703 Vivaldi obtained his first official post, becoming maestro di Violino at Pio Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, a music school for orphaned and abandoned girls. Soon after he was ordained a Priest on March 23, 1703, having trained at S Geminiano and S Giovanni in Oleo, he was forced to give up celebrating mass due to his bronchial asthma. Mainly taught violin by his father, Giovanni Battista, the “Red Priest” (called this due to his red hair) first played with his father in the basilica. He is described by Oxford music as “The most original and influential Italian composer of his generation,” with a musical language so distinctive that, “no brief description can do justice to the variety of form, scoring, and imaginative conception in Vivaldi’s 500-odd concertos”. Born Antonio Lucio Vivaldi on Main Venice, Italy, Vivaldi was an Italian composer who made his mark on the late Baroque style of the concerto.
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