ah...the glory that was Venice....... seriously though, Vivaldi is an important figure in the history of western music, and perhaps the best of the Italian rennaisance composers. However - a lot of his music as we hear it today has been 'reconstructed'. Still, some of it is highly listenable, and I often listen, with great enjoyment, to a few of his concerti.
Vivaldi's amazing. My favorite composer by far. I love Baroque music like nothing else. Vivaldi is fantastic. I love his Four Seasons, especially Summer and Spring. Also his oboe sonatas, bassoon concerti are all good. I really need to listen to more then that, though.
We studdied the Four Seasons in depth at school for quite a long time. Man they have got to be some of my most favourite classical songs. =3
Yeah, Vivaldi was great! Not only the Four Seasons... listen opus 1 no.12 (LA FOLLIA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v8zxoEoA_Q"]Vivaldi : La Follia - YouTube
Vivaldi is amazing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA
1. He was a Baroque composer and had little to nothing to do with the Renaissance period 2. As far as I know, he isn't that important to western music history, though he was a major influence to Bach 3. Reconstructed in what way? Do you mean the Vivaldi scores people play today aren't written by the composer himself? I have never heard of this