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Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venecia in 1678.
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Antonio Vivaldi was a composer of the Baroque era.
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On September 18, 1693, with 13 years of age, Antonio enters a seminary and received his first religious orders.
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In 1699 he was ordained subdeacon on April 4.
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He was ordenated deacon on September 18, 1700.
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And finally, he was ordenated anointed priest on March 23, 1703. More inclined to music than to the religious obligations, managed to get excused from saying Mass for health reasons.
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On September 1, 1703, newly ordained priest at 25, Vivaldi was appointed master of violin in the orchestra of the Pietà and charged after teaching the viola all 'inglese.
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Vivaldi acquired a European reputation and revolutionized the music instrumental. Create various popular works.
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The second part was his contract at the Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage for girls in your city. To them were created many of his compositions.
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The third part was her occupation as an opera composer and impresario. At this part he met Anna Giraud, a young singer, who thereafter would always be with him. It was then composed in Vicenza in May 1713, Ottone in Villa, his first known opera
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Between 1718 and 1722 he worked for the Prince of Mantua and later began a period of traveling through Europe to monitor the premieres of his operas. In 1740 he moved to Vienna, where he died a year later no money.
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