Baroque Period Composers

In which city was Vivaldi born?

(a)  

What was Vivaldi's nickname?

• The Red Priest

• The Blue Falcon

• The Red Dragon

• The Mighty Composer

Many of Vivaldi's works were composed for

• Italian opera singers

• pianists

• orphans at a Venetian orphanage

• students at a music conservatory

Antonio Vivaldi was the oldest of ________children.

• 5

• 10

• 6

• 19

Vivaldi was called the "Red Priest" because

• of his flaming red hair

• he get mad easily

• he like to wear red

Vivaldi taught at an for girls, and wrote a lot of music for the girls to play.

(a)  

Many people think Vivaldi was the best Italian composer of his time. He wrote concertos, operas, church music and many other compositions. In all, Antonio wrote over (a)   concertos.

Vivaldi's most famous set of concertos is ____ _____ ______.

(a)  

Vivaldi based each of his The Four Seasons concertos on a set of (a)   -- poems.

Each of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons concertos is based on a sonnet. What is a sonnet?

• A song with a chorus

• An essay

• A poem with 14 lines

• A book