Legendary Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi has made sweet music for generations of listeners to hear. Learn more at Biography.com. read more
Vivaldi is important mainly because he composed great, timeless music which has survived to today. He was a priest and music teacher at a children's orphanage in Italy. He had red hair. read more
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born on March 4, 1678, in Venice, Italy. His father, Giovanni Battista Vivaldi, was a professional violinist who taught his young son to play as well. Through his father, Vivaldi met and learned from some of the finest musicians and composers in Venice at the time. read more
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