| Details | | Publication Date: | 1993-10-01 | | Series: | Master Musicians Series | | Edition Description: | Revised; Subsequent |
| Size | | Length: | 237 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 20.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Legend has it that Antonio Vivaldi once stopped in the middle of celebrating Mass to slip into the sacristy and write out a fugue subject that was obsessing him. That story may be apocryphal, but is captures a paradoxical quality in Vivaldi's life. Born in 1678, Vivaldi was the oldest son of a violinist. He was educated for the Church and was ordained in 1703, but soon set aside his priestly functions to work full-time as violin teacher and house composer at a music school for charity pupils. That work, in turn, led Vivaldi to try his hand at composing and producing operas, which were soon performed throughout Italy: and Vivaldi had found his career. Years later, when the Italian audience began to tire of his operas, he set out for Vienna to conquer a new scene. Sadly, instead, he fell sick there and died.
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