L'estro armonico was probably the most important collection of concertos published during the period, changing the way composers approached concerto form. 9, comes from Vivaldi's set of 12 concertos L'estro armonico (difficult to translate, but meaning something along the lines of 'The Harmonic Inspiration'), which flooded Europe after their publication in 1711. (He actually died in Vienna.) And Vivaldi, too, lavished much more effort on instrumental music than most of his contemporaries, leaving a legacy that included 500 or so concertos unlike Corelli, he also composed several operas and a large amount of sacred vocal music. Like Corelli, Vivaldi spent most of his career in one place, Venice, though beginning in 1718, he traveled extensively. “Six Violin Concertos for Anna Maria,” a disc by violinist Federico Guglielmo, features the highlights.Corelli's influence on the younger generation of composers comes through clearly in the music of Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). Vivaldi wrote at least 28 concertos just for her. And under the instruction of composer-in-residence Vivaldi she became one of the most celebrated violinists of her time. The orphanage named her Anna Maria dal Violin. She had been passed through a secret opening large enough only to fit a child in 1696. Like most infants left at the Pietà, Anna Maria had no last name.

In those years he wrote hundreds of pieces for the all-female orchestra and choir. Vivaldi served as music director there from 1703-1715 and again from 1723-1740. They were orphans at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice - an orphanage established by the wealthy ruling class with the aim of raising girls who would be useful to society from a practical or artistic point of view. Neither attained the wealth or the immortal fame of someone like Paganini, but composers sought them out to write music for them.Īnna Maria and Chiara were two of Antonio Vivaldi’s greatest students. In the 18th century, travelers came from all over Europe to hear Anna Maria and Chiara perform in Venice.

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