Vivaldi, Antonio

Vivaldi, Antonio
(4 March 1678, Venice – 28 July 1741, Vienna)
   Famous composer of operas and instrumental concertos, his position as maestro di violino at the Pio Ospedale della Pietà in Venice allowed the composition of sacred music only when the maestro {}di coro was on leave. He composed 18 psalms, a Magnificat, 20 motets, three oratorios, and half a dozen mass movements. The most famous of these is his Gloria in D.

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