Vivaldi
Venetian Baroque composer
Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist, best known for *The Four Seasons*, a set of violin concertos that remain among the most performed classical works.
A Catholic priest nicknamed "the Red Priest" for his hair color, he composed prolifically—over 500 concertos—and influenced Bach.
We listened to Vivaldi while cooking dinner.
Plucked-string keyboard instrument
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- clavichordSoft-toned keyed instrument
fortepiano · gigue · allemande · sarabande · cantata · oratorio · chamber music · sonata
Distinguished musical leader
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- prolificProducing abundantly and often
- opusNumbered artistic creation
- GloriaHymn praising God
impresario · Pietà · concertos · operas · sacred music · musicianship · composition · manuscripts
Supremely accomplished performer
- soloistUnaccompanied performer
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- cadenzaExtended solo passage
- bowingBending forward in deference
pizzicato · tremolo · arpeggios · technique · fingerboard · strings · brilliance · ornamentation
Recoiling metal spiral
- summerYear's warmest season
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- sonnetsFourteen-line rhymed poems
violin concertos · allegro · adagio · presto · largo · programmatic · birdsong · thunderstorm
Lagoon city, northeastern Italy
- canalDug water passage
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- CarnivalPre-fasting festival season
- RialtoVenetian commercial district
lagoon · orphanage · San Marco · Republic · eighteenth century · teatro · opera houses
Sung dramatic theatrical form
- web browserProgram for accessing websites
- speed dialOne-button calling shortcut
- privacyFreedom from observation
- customizationModification to individual preference
Chromium · extensions · themes · sidebar · workspaces · tracking protection · sync · lightweight
harpsichord
Plucked-string keyboard instrument
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
clavichord · fortepiano · gigue · allemande · sarabande · cantata · oratorio · chamber music · sonata · affections
maestro
Distinguished musical leader
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- prolificProducing abundantly and often
- opusNumbered artistic creation
Gloria · impresario · Pietà · concertos · operas · sacred music · musicianship · composition · manuscripts · rediscovery
virtuoso
Supremely accomplished performer
bowing · pizzicato · tremolo · arpeggios · technique · fingerboard · strings · brilliance · ornamentation · figurations
spring
Recoiling metal spiral
sonnets · violin concertos · allegro · adagio · presto · largo · programmatic · birdsong · thunderstorm · harvest
Venice
Lagoon city, northeastern Italy
Rialto · lagoon · orphanage · San Marco · Republic · eighteenth century · teatro · opera houses
Opera
Sung dramatic theatrical form
- web browserProgram for accessing websites
- speed dialOne-button calling shortcut
- privacyFreedom from observation
customization · Chromium · extensions · themes · sidebar · workspaces · tracking protection · sync · lightweight · Norwegian
VivaldiJohann Sebastian Bach
Wagner · Brahms · Schoenberg · Beethoven · Mozart
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Vivaldi Four SeasonsSeasonal baroque violin concertos