Composer - Vivaldi - p. 18 Flashcards
What year was Vivaldi alive?
1678-1741
What is the title genre of the Vivaldi piece we studied?
“Spring” from The Four Seasons. It’s a solo violin concerto
What nationality was Vivaldi and which city was he based in?
Vivaldi was Italian and he worked in Venice, Italy.
Name at least two music roles/jobs Vivaldi had.
Vivaldi was a violinist, conductor, composer and a choir master.
What was Vivali’s religious role?
Vivaldi was a priest.
What was Vivaldi’s nick name and why?
Vivaldi’s nickname was il prete rosso (the red priest) because he had red hair and he was a priest.
What was Vivaldi’s role in Conservatorio Ospedale della Pieta in Venice, Itlay?
For close to 40 years, Vivaldi was a violin teacher and choirmaster at this orphanage for girls.
Name at least three music style and contibutions of Vivaldi
Name any three of the following:
* contributed to the development of the three-movement structure
* helped in establishing ritornello form
* developed idiomatic writing for strings
* showed what string instruments could do by composing technical difficult pieces
* composed programmatic writing by using descriptive titles
* frequent use of sequence (repeat a musical phrase at a higher or lower pitch).
Name three genres Vivladi composed
Concertos, operas and sacred vocal.
How many concertos did Vivaldi write?
Give at three different types of instrucments Vivaldi composed concertos for.
Give a title.
- He composed over 500, both gross and solo concerto.
- Mostly for violin concerto but also for bassoon, oboe, flute, recorder, viola, cell and mandolin.
- Titel: the Four Seasons.
How many operas did Vivaldi write?
Give two opera titles.
He composed over 40 operas.
Examples: Orlando Furioso, Griselda
Name two types of sacred vocal Vivali composed.
Give one title of sacred vocal.
Vivaldi composed oratorios and motets.
Juditha Triumphans (oratorio) and Gloria (hymn).
Vivaldi regarded himself as __________ (a genre) composer? What genre of composer is he famous for nowadays and why?
Vivaldi regarded himself as an opera composer but he is known as a concerto composer to us because of his over 500 concertos.
