Antonio Vivaldi

Venetian Baroque virtuoso violinist who standardized the fast-slow-fast three-movement concerto.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Composed The Four Seasons, four programmatic violin concertos published in 1725.
• Wrote roughly 500 concertos, many for the girls of Venice's Ospedale della Pietà orphanage.
• J.S. Bach transcribed several of his concertos for harpsichord and organ.

Specifications & Metrics

• ERA: 1678 – 1741