1. Antonio Vivaldi March 4 th, 1679 – July 28 th 1741 These little boxes are my comments for you to write down or know as if I was there. Enjoy!

2. MelodyHarmonyMediumStyle Vivaldi: The Summer III. Presto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laGT9IB2bFo Listen to the following piece of music and write down a Listening Map about the following four musical elements. Discuss in class and have teacher write on board. Put in your notes

3. 1603 Death of Queen Elizabeth I 1607 First settlement in Jamestown, VA 1611 Bible: King James Version 1628 Dr. William Harvey explains circulatory system 1643 Reign of Louis XIV 1649 Period of Commonwealth begins in England 1667 John Milton’s Paradise Lost 1684 Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of gravitation 1715 Reign of Louis XV begins 1728 John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera performed Baroque Era events

4. 1703 Ordained Physical ailment … “jot down musical ideas” 1703 - Employed at “orphanage” 1717 Moved to Mantua: court position to write operas, cantatas, and concert music. 1725 Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’invention (The trial of harmony and invention) A book of 12 concertos Descriptive music became a mostly Italian musical style with its unmistakable timbre in which the strings play a major role. 1725-1728 8 operas premiered in Florence and Venice 1724 – 1743 Staged over 60 operas in Prague Traveled back and forth between Venice and Prague 1740/1741 Moved to Amsterdam to work 1741: Died Descriptive Music: a type of art music that attempts to musically render an extra-musical narrative. art musicnarrative Also known as program music.

5. Anna Giraud…? In 172O Vivaldi returned to Venice where he again staged new operas written by himself in the Teatro Sant' Angelo. In Mantua he had made the acquaintance of the singer Anna Giraud (or Giro), and she had moved in to live with him. Vivaldi maintained that she was no more than a housekeeper and good friend, just like Anna's sister, Paolina, who also shared his house. In his Memoires, the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni gave the following portrait of Vivaldi and Giraud: "This priest, an excellent violinist but a mediocre composer, has trained Miss Giraud to be a singer. She was young, born in Venice, but the daughter of a French wigmaker. She was not beautiful, though she was elegant, small in stature, with beautiful eyes and a fascinating mouth. She had a small voice, but many languages in which to harangue." Vivaldi stayed together with her until his death. http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxvivaldi.html Just interesting to know about Vivaldi…

6. Why Vivaldi is important… Consolidated the form of the concerto Emote feelings and descriptions never heard before in music Helped bring instrumental and operatic works to the forefront of popular music

7. Antonio Vivaldi: Spring, The Four Seasons Observations on: Spring MelodyStyleMediumHarmony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjpLxlSMJPo Listen to the piece of music (it is longer than we are used to). Write down descriptors about the musical elements provided. Discuss as a class – work together after you listen.