Bach knew about Vivaldi, but did Vivaldi know about Bach?

I know of no evidence that Vivaldi knew of Bach or his music. Bach's reputation was more or less limited to Saxony, later, Prussia and other duchies in what is now Germany. read more

So the sole possibility that Bach’s reputation might have reached Vivaldi would seem to have been one of his contemporaries’ presence in Leipzig – and even that would be no guarantee. However, I do not know of any Italian composer contemporaneous with Vivaldi and Bach who traveled to that city. read more

Bach never met Handel, as explained in a previous post. Neither did he ever meet Vivaldi. It is not known for certain whether or not Handel met Vivaldi during his time as a young man in Italy during the years 1706-1710. read more