Antonio Vivaldi born on March 4th 1678, which was the Baroque music style. In 1678 not only was it

Vivaldi grew up in a Catholic family. His father was a talented violinist and would be his first teacher. This allowed them to perform together. He also took lessons from a choral teacher who knew violin. Vivaldi loves speed. At age 15, he began studying for the priesthood, which gave him 10 years to study and develop the musical and composing talents that is displayed in his works. Vivaldi spent his entire life, other than the last six or so years, with his father. As a child, they toured Venice together. Then, later on as a man, he toured Italy and later Europe. Vivaldi and his father were a pair and it seems that they held a good relationship. His father helped to write out some of the pieces that Vivaldi would think of. He preferred a combination of the choral religious music, dramatic-operatic, and classics of Italy. His most influential works were written for the orchestra of a Venetian girls’ orphanage where he was music director. It was for them that he wrote his famous concertos. Vivaldi also invented the concerto-grosso.

The Baroque Era and the Classical Era are two critical time periods in observing music. Some of the most famous composers have written pieces that are popular in the world today. The two periods share many similar characteristics, however new genres and forms developed throughout each period because of new ideas and knowledge spreading. My personal favorite is the Baroque period because of the abundance of new musical knowledge that was introduced, particularly in Vivaldi’s famous piece La Primavera, Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, I.

The Classical time period, which spanned a length of seventy years, from 1750 to 1820, was very different in nature from its predecessor, the Baroque time period. The Baroque era featured works that were ornamentally elaborate, where the artists and composers centered their works on a big, bold style that was dramatic in its composition. Artists and composers transferred strong feelings of tension and emotion into their works and it was common for there to be some type of action or movement happening within the work. Those who lived in the Classical time period, valued simplicity and wanted to return to the ideals of the Greeks. Therefore, the Classical time period is characterized by clear structural clarity, simplicity, smoothness, and symmetry. However, though the works took a step back from the grand movement of the Baroque era, the composers and artists of the Classical time period did lay out a tuneful and elegant style in their music and art. Out of the Classical era came many renowned artists and composers, two of those whom are artist Sir Thomas Lawrence and composer Ludwig van Beethoven (“NYU”).

Antonio’s mother Maria provides a solid foundation for Antonio and his emotional life through her faith and tolerance, which shapes who is. She is a more understated character in the book, yet she has a crucial role in Antonio’s development. Maria introduces religion to Antonio, which helps him grow into his own person. As the book progresses, Antonio is fascinated by religion and thought, “School work was dull and uninspiring compared to the mysteries of religion. Each new question, each new catechism chapter, each new story seemed to open up a thousand facets concerning the salvation of my soul” (204).

In Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya used numerous messages, which influenced and inspired the readers in their lifestyle and future goals. The greatest lesson that Anaya teaches in the novel is that sometimes important people in our life can change our perspective in making and defending our choices. Antonio has numerous dreams throughout the novel, which changed as Antonio grew up according to the interpretations of his family members. This made him to change his perspective in making important steps to fulfil his dreams in his educational development.

Antonio can see only two structures above the village: the church tower and the schoolhouse (Novoa 5). These structures represent the two forces that will soon become his main conflicts. Antonio will soon begin school, and later he will have his First Communion; two extremely important and defining moments in his life. The first day that Antonio attends school, the kids in his class shunn him and he finds solace with George and Willy: “We banded together and in our union found strength” (Anaya 62). Everywhere that Antonio goes, he has a specific role to play, somebody to portray. He loses the opportunity to really choose for himself.

Antonio’s dreams reveal that his family is very important to him. He fears the future of his life of which path will he take. His desire was to become a priest after his dreams. Later in the story his desire changes to something else.

Composer of Per La Gloria D’Adorarvi, Giovanni Battista Bononcini(1672-1748) was born into a family of composers. Both his father and brother were composers. Although he was orphaned at age 8, he still followed in his fathers footsteps, releasing instrumental music by age 15. Throughout his life, he moved around to many different European countries, but he was born and died in Italy. This shows through in his Italian baroque style, which he helped spread around Europe in his travels.

After the war, Antonio went back to the theater. He started a band with Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo and Cesare Bixio. He wrote poems, composed songs and dedicated so much time in the show business. Continuing on this road he accomplished a certain fame, and from here on he will grow to become very very

The first work that I will be analyzing is Vivaldi’s Spring from the Four Seasons of the Baroque period. To begin, I will give a brief background of the composer. Vivaldi was born in 1678 in Venice, Italy. His father was a professional violinist, and taught him to play as a child. Though he was a talented musician, Vivaldi got ordained as a priest, though health complications prevented him from executing most duties, like performing masses. Soon after he terminated his priestly duties, he was employed as master violinist at an institution for orphans where he taught girls to play music. He later moved to Vienna, Austria in hopes of obtaining a job as a composer for the imperial court, but after Charles VI died, he lost his income and royal protection, and soon after died impoverished in 1741. In his lifetime, Vivaldi created hundreds of works and was a highly influential composer of the Baroque period. His influence was widespread throughout Europe.

After the Renaissance and the Baroque era, the Classical era soon followed at around the 1720-1820's. During these times in Europe, there were many non musical developments, ideas of the enlightenment, political issues, scientific discoveries and the

Giovanni Gabrieli, the man who composed Canzon Septimi Toni a 8, was a well known Renaissance composer born in 1556. Not only that, but he was an organist and teacher who learned everything he knew from his uncle, Andrea Gabrieli, whom he has to thank for his musical upbringing. Gabrieli himself was highly regarded and praised for his contributions to instrumental music for church use as well as choral and instrumental motets. Gabrieli also made use of the San Marco church layout; the two separate choir lofts in the church allowed him to create salient spatial effects, which in turn heavily influenced his style of music. Unfortunately, his health began to suffer and

Music has been categorized over time in different periods, each of which have their own characteristics, composers and music style. Two of those important periods were baroque and romantic, which had left an important musical legacy though history. The baroque was the period from about 1600 to 1750. It was called one of the best periods of the music history, because there was a huge change from the style of composition from antique and renaissance music which achieved great expectations about this music. Furthermore, Baroque music was written by great composers such as Bach, Handel, Rameau and Vivaldi who were the most representative composers of the period. In addition, Baroque music was characterized

The Baroque Period (1600-1750) was mainly a period of newly discovered ideas. From major new innovations in science, to vivid changes in geography, people were exploring more of the world around them. The music of the baroque period was just as extreme as the new changes. Newly recognized composers such as Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and Monteverdi were writing entirely new musical ideas and giving a chance for new voices to be heard that were normally not thought of sounds. Their musical legacy is still recognized today, and is a treasured discovery of outstanding compositions being reiterated with every performance of them.

Antonio Vivaldi was born on March 4, 1678 in the town of Venice, Italy. His father was quite the musician and helped his son master the violin and also helped him get find lessons from some the best composers in Italy. Sadly, do to his symptoms that were similar to asthma often causing him to have severe shortness of breath he was unable to master several instruments. At one point in his early life he even became a priest but this was short lived do to his continuing health issues therefore he had to give up his priesthood. “At the age of 25, Antonio Vivaldi was named master of violin at the Ospedale della Pietà (Devout Hospital of Mercy) in Venice” (). This is where he spent in upwards of thirty years teaching his students and only having