Antonio Vivaldi was born here in Venice, Italy in 1678. Watch the video below to learn more about this composer and his music!
Let's learn a little about Vivaldi from this podcast!
Would you like to learn more about how Vivaldi taught his most famous music to the girls at the orphanage? Here is a fun read-aloud story which will tell you more about it!
Here are the main instruments in the string quartet used to play Vivaldi's most famous piece of music, "The Four Seasons".
From left to right is the violin, the viola, the cello and a second violin. Notice that the viola is bigger than the violin and because of this it has a lower sound
Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Autumn There are three sections called "movements": 1) Allegro (fast) 2) Adagio (somewhat slowly) 3) Allegro (fast)
Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Winter The Winter section also has three "movements" (sections) 1) Allegro non molto (Fast, but not TOO fast!) 2) Largo (Very Slow) 3) Allegro (Fast)
Watch the "Piano Guys" play their version of Vivaldi's "Winter" intermixed with music from "Frozen"!! Genius!!
Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Spring The tempos for the three spring movements are as follows: 1) Allegro 2) Largo 3) Allegro
Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Summer The three movements of summer are: 1) Allegro (after introduction) 2) Adagio 3) Presto
You can watch Jeff Burke's mandolin explanation and demonstration here to learn a little more about a mandolin and what it sounds like.
You can listen to Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerto here!