Vivaldi had dealings with the Pietà for most of his career: as violin master (1703–09 1711–15), director of instrumental music (1716–17 1735–38), and paid external supplier of compositions (1723–29 1739–40). He was ordained in 1703, aged 25, and was soon nicknamed il Prete Rosso, 'The Red Priest'. The Pietà specialized in the musical training of its female wards, and those with musical aptitude were assigned to its excellent choir and orchestra, whose much-praised performances assisted the institution’s quest for donations and legacies. His father was a well respected violinist, and was employed at St.
He became an excellent violinist, and in 1703 he was appointed violin master at the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for foundlings. Family Background Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born on Mato Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and Camilla Calicchio, in Venice. He made his first known public appearance playing alongside his father in the basilica as a “supernumerary” violinist in 1696.
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His distinctive reddish hair would later earn him the soubriquet Il Prete Rosso (“The Red Priest”). Antonio Vivaldi, the Red Priest (he was ordained and had a full head of bright red hair), known as an opera composer in his day, and the guy who developed the concerto grosso (the Baroque musical form where a small ensemble plays with and against a large ensemble). Antonio, the eldest child, trained for the priesthood and was ordained in 1703. Vivaldi’s main teacher was probably his father, Giovanni Battista, who in 1685 was admitted as a violinist to the orchestra of the San Marco Basilica in Venice.
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