Antonio vivaldi brief biography of william

The city of Venice underwent a fundamental transformation towards the end of the 17th century. For centuries Venice had wielded considerable economic powers based on the manufacturing of textiles and from trade with Europe and Asia. Gradually, however, culture became her most characteristic field of activity, “and like a magnet the city drew visitors in huge numbers from all over Europe, who observed her institutions, admired her buildings, wondered at her ceremonies, thronged to her theatres and gaming houses, and frequently departed with a memento, perhaps a painting or a musical score.”

In terms of painting and music, Venice started to rely on foreign patronage, and a good many articles were seemingly made for export. A scholar writes, “Composers came to put more and more of their efforts into readily exportable types of music, for example, the opera and the concerto at the expense of genres serving local needs.” The church of St Mark’s catered to the c

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Antonio Vivaldi

Fernando Botero Angulo (April 19, 1932 – September 15, 2023) was a sculptor, painter, muralist, and draftsman, hailing from Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. He was a Colombian artist known and celebrated for infusing a substantial volume to human and animal figures in his works.

 

Early Years and Beginnings

Fernando Botero was born into an affluent Paisa family, composed of his parents, David Botero and Flora Angulo, along with his older brother Juan David, who was four years his senior, and his younger brother, Rodrigo, who would be born fyra years after Fernando, in the same year that their father passed away. In 1938, he enrolled in primary school at the Ateneo Antioqueño and later entered the Bolivariana to continue his high school education. However, he was expelled from the institution due to an article he published in the newspaper El Colombiano about Picasso, as well as his drawings that were considered obscene. As a result, he graduated from

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Antonio Vivaldi

Italian Baroque composer and violinist (1678–1741)

"Vivaldi" redirects here. For other uses, see Vivaldi (disambiguation).

Antonio Vivaldi
Probable portrait of Vivaldi, c. 1723[n 1]
Born	(1678-03-04)4 March 1678 Venice
Died	28 July 1741(1741-07-28) (aged 63) Vienna

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi^{[n 2]} (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers. He pioneered many developments in orchestration, violin technique and programmatic music. He consolidated the emerging concerto form, especially the solo concerto, into a widely accepted and followed idiom.

Vivaldi composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other musical instruments, as well as sacred choral wo