1. Antonio Caldara 1670-1736 Luiz Vicente Music 1010

2. Antonio Caldara An Italian Baroque composer Died on Dec.28 1736 in Vienna Wrote about 3,500 works (over 90 operas, including cantatas, and oratorios) Some famous works: Missa dolorasa, and L'Olimpiade

3. Early life Born in Venice around 1670 His father was a local violinist, but not famous. He was a choir boy at St. Mark’s Cathedral studied the viol, keyboard, and cello… This is a Viol, I thought it was An interesting instrument

4. Antonio Caldara In Venice he began working for the Duke of Mantua in 1699, appointed maestro di cappella Then went to Rome in 1708 into the service of Cardinal Ottoboni 1717 moved again this time to Vienna as the vice- kapellmeister under Charles VI

5. Personal Life Met his wife in Rome Caterina Petrolli was a vocalist (alto) they married in May 1711 Had two daughters : Sophia Jacobina Maria, and Francesca Isobella Giovanna

6. Works L'Olimpiade Opera written in 1733 (music composed by Caldara) libretto written by Metastasio. It takes place in Greece during the Olympic Games http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=YCBNo3W52Ms http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=YCBNo3W52Ms

7. Works o sebben crudele (cruel love) Genre: aria Language is in Italian, from his 1710 opera : La costanza in amor vince l'inganno  The opera is rarely performed, but the aria sebben crudele is still popular. w.youtube.com/watch?v=X d8FVrWdUac w.youtube.com/watch?v=X d8FVrWdUac

8. References Overview Antonio Caldara (c. 1670— 1736)http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110 803095542379http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110 803095542379 YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDYkBlWbncshttp://www. youtube.com/watch?v=YCBNo3W52Mshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDYkBlWbncshttp://www. youtube.com/watch?v=YCBNo3W52Ms David Charlton copywright 1998http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/acc/caldara.phphttp://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/acc/caldara.php Antonio Caldara : essays on his life and times (author : Brian W. Pitchard, publisher: Aldershot : Scolar Press, 1987) Google Scholar: Antonio Caldara The Cantatas Revisitedhttp://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1002709?uid=3739928& uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101435256723http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1002709?uid=3739928& uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101435256723