1653-1713 - Arcangelo CORELLI - Rome
1659-1695 - Henry PURCELL - England
1660-1725 - Alessandro SCARLATTI (father) - Italy
1660-1741 - Johann Joseph Fux - Austria
1668-1733 - Francois COUPERIN ("the Great") - France
1670-1747 - Giovanni Battista Bononcini - Italy
1671-1751 - Tomaso ALBINONI - Italy
1678-1741 - Antonio VIVALDI - Venice
1679-1745 - Jan Dismas ZELENKA - Prague, Dresden
1680-1762 - Francesco GEMINIANI - Italy, England
1681-1767 - Georg Philipp TELEMAN - Germany
1683-1764 - Jean Philippe RAMEAU - France
1685-1757 - George Frideric HANDEL - Germany, England
1685-1750 - Johann Sebastian BACH - south Germany
1685-1757 - Domenico SCARLATTI (son) - Italy, Spain
1692-1766 - Unico Willem van Wassenaer: the mystery composer - Holland
1712-1786 - John STANLEY - England
Antonio Vivaldi
The Italian composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678 and after his ordination in 1703 embarked on an intermittent career in the service of the Ospedale della Pietà , an institution for the education of orphan, illegitimate or indigent girls, an establishment with a formidable musical reputation. His later career brought involvement in opera. As a composer Vivaldi was prolific, with some 500 concertos to his credit, in addition to a quantity of works for the church and for the theatre. He left Venice in 1741 in the apparent hope of finding new patrons in Vienna, where he died shortly after his arrival in the city. Church Music
The surviving church music of Vivaldi includes the well known Gloria, in addition to a number of settings of psalms and motets. Operas
None of the fifty odd operas of Vivaldi remain in standard repertoire. Concertos
The most famous of all Vivaldi's concertos are I quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), characteristic compositions to which the composer attached explanatory programmatic sonnets. These four concertos, for solo violin, string orchestra and harpsichord, form part of a collection Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione (The Contest of Harmony and Invention), one of seven collections of such compositions published in the composer's lifetime. In addition to concertos for solo violin, Vivaldi also wrote concertos for many other solo instruments, including the flute, oboe, bassoon, cello and viola d'amore, and for groups of solo instruments. Chamber Music
Vivaldi wrote a number of sonatas and trio sonatas, many of them designed for one or two violins and basso continuo. He also wrote a series of chamber concertos, compositions similar in approach to the solo and multiple concertos, but scored for smaller groups of instruments.
1659-1695 - Henry PURCELL - England
1660-1725 - Alessandro SCARLATTI (father) - Italy
1660-1741 - Johann Joseph Fux - Austria
1668-1733 - Francois COUPERIN ("the Great") - France
1670-1747 - Giovanni Battista Bononcini - Italy
1671-1751 - Tomaso ALBINONI - Italy
1678-1741 - Antonio VIVALDI - Venice
1679-1745 - Jan Dismas ZELENKA - Prague, Dresden
1680-1762 - Francesco GEMINIANI - Italy, England
1681-1767 - Georg Philipp TELEMAN - Germany
1683-1764 - Jean Philippe RAMEAU - France
1685-1757 - George Frideric HANDEL - Germany, England
1685-1750 - Johann Sebastian BACH - south Germany
1685-1757 - Domenico SCARLATTI (son) - Italy, Spain
1692-1766 - Unico Willem van Wassenaer: the mystery composer - Holland
1712-1786 - John STANLEY - England
Antonio Vivaldi
The Italian composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678 and after his ordination in 1703 embarked on an intermittent career in the service of the Ospedale della Pietà , an institution for the education of orphan, illegitimate or indigent girls, an establishment with a formidable musical reputation. His later career brought involvement in opera. As a composer Vivaldi was prolific, with some 500 concertos to his credit, in addition to a quantity of works for the church and for the theatre. He left Venice in 1741 in the apparent hope of finding new patrons in Vienna, where he died shortly after his arrival in the city.
Church Music
The surviving church music of Vivaldi includes the well known Gloria, in addition to a number of settings of psalms and motets.
Operas
None of the fifty odd operas of Vivaldi remain in standard repertoire.
Concertos
The most famous of all Vivaldi's concertos are I quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), characteristic compositions to which the composer attached explanatory programmatic sonnets. These four concertos, for solo violin, string orchestra and harpsichord, form part of a collection Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione (The Contest of Harmony and Invention), one of seven collections of such compositions published in the composer's lifetime. In addition to concertos for solo violin, Vivaldi also wrote concertos for many other solo instruments, including the flute, oboe, bassoon, cello and viola d'amore, and for groups of solo instruments.
Chamber Music
Vivaldi wrote a number of sonatas and trio sonatas, many of them designed for one or two violins and basso continuo. He also wrote a series of chamber concertos, compositions similar in approach to the solo and multiple concertos, but scored for smaller groups of instruments.
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