It was in the city of Venice where Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born on March 4, 1678.
Antonio Vivaldi is known by the nickname of Il Prete Rosso (The Red Priest) because he was a redhead and priest of the church.
Vivaldi suffered from asthma. Many times he had to give up when he was celebrating mass because of his frequent attacks.
When the cardinal excused him from officiating more masses because of asthma, Vivaldi got a job as a music director at a school for orphaned girls.
One of his musical works, Arsilda regina di Ponto, was initially censored because of a supposed lesbian content.
Vivaldi had several affairs, one of which was with the singer Anna Giraud.
The Italian composer composed the wedding music of King Louis XV of France.
The Austrian Emperor Charles VI was so fond of Vivaldi's music that he named him a knight.
Vivaldi composed more than five hundred concerts, apart from operas and sacred music.
Johann Sebastian Bach admired Vivaldi's music so much that he transcribed several of his works.
When Vivaldi died in 1741 his music remained in the most complete darkness. It was Bach's 19th century scholars who first heard of Vivaldi, thanks to the ancient manuscripts where Bach had transcribed the concerts of someone named Vivaldi. It was known who Bach was, but who was Vivaldi? Fortunately a search was carried out, which resulted in Vivaldi being rescued from oblivion.
Antonio Vivaldi was born and died in the period of baroque music.
At Vivaldi's funeral in Vienna's cathedral, children from the cathedral's choir, including future composer Joseph Haydn, sang.
Antonio Vivaldi's most famous work is the concerts of the Four Seasons.
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