2. Antonio Vivaldi Danielle Rawson

3. Early Life Born in 1678 on March 4 in Venice, Italy Father was a skilled musician and spent a lot of time at the church Vivaldi was ordained a priest at the age of 15. Known as the “Red Priest” Resigned due to his health conditions and pursuing of music

4. Ospedale della Pietà

6. Anne Giraud Anne Giraud had the gift of singing Vivaldi and Giraud lived together but only has musical friends according to Vivaldi

7. Antonio’s dreams of a lavish life from his compositions were not attained He died in poverty in 1741 on July 28 in Vienna, Italy.

9. Allegro Written roughly in the year of 1729 Today this piece is written in various keys and numbers

10. … listen…

11. Spring Written by Vivaldi in the year of 1725

12. Springtime is upon us. The birds celebrate her return with festive song, and murmuring streams are softly caressed by the breezes. Thunderstorms, those heralds of Spring, roar, casting their dark mantle over heaven, Then they die away to silence, and the birds take up their charming songs once more

18. Bibliography "Antonio Vivaldi." Baroque Composers and Musicians. Internet Arton Publications. Web. 20 Jun 2013.. "Antonio Vivaldi Biography." Biography.com. A E Networks, n.d. Web. 20 Jun 2013.. "Educational Resources Educational Biographies." Great Performances. Macmillan Publishers Ltd.. Web. 20 Jun 2013. Green, Aaron. "Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Notes and Historical Information." About.com classical music. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Jul 2013.. " Six Violin Concertos, Op 12 (Vivaldi)." Wikepedia. N.p., 14 Mar 2013. Web. 1 Jul 2013..

19. …Continued (audio and pictures) /www.virtualsheetmusic.com/score/ConcertoLaVTr.html>. Allegro. Youtube, 2008. Film. 22 Jul 2013.. Concerto in A Minor. N.d. Photograph. Virtual Sheet MusicWeb. 22 Jul 2013. <http:/ Music Minus the Flute or Violin. N.d. Photograph. sheetmusicplus.comWeb. 22 Jul 2013.. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 22 Jul 2013.. Retired in Delaware. N.d. Photograph. Blogspot.comWeb. 22 Jul 2013.. Vivaldi-Spring. 2008. Film. 22 Jul 2013..