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Fun Facts: Antonio Vivaldi 01 Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice, Italy in 1678 and on the day of his birth, there was a large earthquake there. 02 Young Antonio was taught to play the violin by his father, a professional violinist who was also a barber. You could say he was a cut above the rest! 03 Antonio continued to study and practice the violin, even after he became a priest. Apparently, he was called the “Red Priest” because of his flaming red hair. However, after a while, his bad asthma kept him from saying Mass. 04 He taught at an orphanage for girls, and wrote a lot of music for the students to play. People came from far and wide to hear Vivaldi’s talented students perform the beautiful music he had written. 05 Sadly, Vivaldi died a poor man and he wasn’t even afforded music at his own funeral, only the peeling of bells at St. Stephen’s Cathedral could be heard. 06 His set of 4 violin concertos, The Four Seasons, (1723) is considered to be one of his most famous works. 07 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 500 concertos!
Check out RTÉ Home School Hub everyday on RTÉ 2, RTÉ Player & rte.ie/learn. Composer Quiz! 01 Where was Vivaldi born?
02 What instrument did he play?
03 What was his nickname?
04 Why did he have to stop saying mass?
05 Why do you think Vivaldi was poor when he died?
06 What is the name of his famous set of violin concertos?
07 Roughly how many concertos do they think Vivaldi wrote?
Seasonal Sketch In today’s lesson, Múinteoir John played one of the beautiful Four Seasons pieces – Spring. Draw a picture of how you imagine each season looks, at the different times of the year. Four Seasons Funnies How did the tree feel in the spring? Releaved!
What do you call a snowman in summer? A puddle.
What did one autumn leaf say to another? I’m falling for you.
What is the best kind of breakfast cereal to eat in the winter? Frosted Flakes!
Opera Vivaldi wrote many other pieces, including a fairytale-like opera called ‘Dorilla in Tempe’. If you haven’t seen opera before, this is such a colourful one to have a look at! You might not understand what they’re saying/singing (unless you speak fluent Italian!) but the words are in English on the screen as well: https://www.rte.ie/culture/2019/1030/1087482-wexford-
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