“It is a four violin concertos depicting natural scenes in music”(Britannica). It is also in this period where he wrote one of his famous groups of concertos, the Four Seasons. In 1722, he traveled to Rome where he performed for the new Pope Benedict XIII and composed and performed new operas. Antonio Vivaldi was given the title maestro di cappella da camera by the Governor. He composed several operas, cantatas, and serenatas for the Mantuan court. In 1718, Antonio Vivaldi toured to Mantua with his new opera, Armida al campo d’Egitto, where he settled until 1720. In the subsequent years, Vivaldi composed numerous operas that were performed all over Italy. The latter was so popular that it was re-edited and represented two years later with the title Artabano re dei Parti and was eventually performed in Prague in 1732. In 1716, Vivaldi wrote two operas, “L’incoronazione di Dario and La costanza trionfante degli amori e degli odi”(Talbot 27). The Ospedale was thus well endowed its furnishings bordered on the opulent, the young ladies were well looked-after, and the musical standards among the highest in Venice. Often termed an “orphanage”, “this Ospedale was in fact a home for the female offspring of noblemen and their numerous dalliances with their mistresses”(Heller 42). He was employed for most of his working life by the Ospedale della Pietà.
Vivaldi wrote many fine and memorable concertos including five-finger exercises for students.
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