* Learn about the classical pieces that made Vivaldi a celebrated composer * Concise and informative overview of Vivaldi’s masterworks This volume presents Vivaldi’s masterworks in succinct detail, with informative introductions, accompanying illustrations and streaming links. Whether a classical novice or a cultivated connoisseur, this series offers an intriguing overview of the world’s most famous and iconic compositions. Evaluating the masterworks of each composer, you will explore the development of their works, tracing how they changed the course of music history. Analysing the masterworks of each composer, these interactive eBooks include links to popular streaming services, allowing you to listen to the pieces of music you are reading about. Delphi’s Great Composers Series offers concise illustrated guides to the life and works of our greatest composers. The passion and lyricism of Vivaldi’s music would have a lasting impact on Baroque and Classical-era composers. Vivaldi’s greatest contribution to the history of classical music was his development of the ritornello form, where recurrent restatements of a refrain alternate with further episodic passages by a solo instrument, allowing for greater depth of virtuosic display. In spite of his widespread popularity today, Vivaldi was largely forgotten after death and his reputation was only re-established in the 1920’s. The Italian composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi left a decisive mark on the form of the concerto, influencing the emerging style of late Baroque music.
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