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For the two explorers who sailed into the Atlantic in 1291, see Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (March 4, 1678, Venice – July 28, 1741, Vienna), nicknamed Il Prete Rosso, meaning "The Red Priest," was an Italian priest and baroque music composer. Antonio Vivaldi - Biography. His father, Giovanni Battista, a barber before becoming a professinal violinist, taught him to play violin at first, then toured Venice playing violin with his father. In 1703 Vivaldi was ... Including:

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• Antonio Vivaldi - Operas
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Alfredo Casella (Turin, July 25, 1883 - Rome, March 5, 1947) was an Italian composer. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1896 to study piano under Louis Diémer and composition under Gabriel Fauré. Back in Italy during the World War I he began teaching piano at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 1923, together with Gabriele D'Annunzio and Gian Francesco Malipiero from Venice, he founded an association to promote the spread of mod ...

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Spring has several meanings: As commonly used: Spring (season), a season of the year. Spring (device), a common mechanical part. Spring (water), a natural source of water. As a place or location: Spring, Texas, a town in the United States. Springs, Gauteng, a city in South Africa. Springs, Western Australia, a place in Australia. Three Springs, Western Australia, another place in Australia. As a personal last name: Howard Spring Sherwoo ...

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1741 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1741 - Events. April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval ... Including:

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A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. Such works have been written from the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Many major composers have contributed to the violin concerto repertoire, with the best known works including those by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, M ... Including:

• Violin concerto - Selected list of Violin Concertos
• Violin concerto - Selected list of other works for violin and ensemble

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A virtuoso (from the Latin virtus meaning: skill, manliness, excellence) is an individual who possesses outstanding mechanical ability at operating a musical instrument. The plural form is virtuosi. Virtuosi are often musical composers as well. During the age of Baroque music many, if not most, composers were also virtuosi on their respective instruments. Virtuoso - Virtuosi list. Virtuoso - Bass Instruments. Larry Graham Bootsy Collins Chri ... Including:

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• Virtuoso - Mandolin
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• Virtuoso - Sitar
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Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 to 1750 (see Dates of classical music eras for a discussion of the problems inherent in defining the beginning and end points). This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance and to be followed by the Classical music era. Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon, it is widely performed and studied and listened to. It is associated with composers such as J.S. Bach, Geor ... Including:

• Baroque music - Overview
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• Baroque music - Genres
• Baroque music - Brief History of Baroque Music
• Baroque music - Early Baroque music 1600-1654
• Baroque music - Middle Baroque music 1654-1707
• Baroque music - Late Baroque music 1707-1760
• Baroque music - The Baroque's influence on later music
• Baroque music - List of Baroque Genres
• Baroque music - Sources and further reading

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The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that plays in the tenor range and below. Also called fagott, in German, and fagotto, in Italian, from a word meaning "bundle of sticks" due to its construction: the instrument is made of an eight foot long conical piece of wood, doubled over onto itself, and split into several sections so it can be disassembled and stored. Appearing in its modern form in the 1800s after the model of its precursors, particularly the dulcian, the bassoon is a part of orchestral ... Including:

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• Bassoon - Technique
• Bassoon - Extended techniques
• Bassoon - Reeds and reed construction
• Bassoon - The modern reed
• Bassoon - The early reed
• Bassoon - The bassoon in jazz
• Bassoon - The bassoon in art and literature
• Bassoon - Audio examples
• Bassoon - Historical bassoonists of note

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In classical music, the word concerto (pl. concerti; from the Italian concerto, that means concert) is a label for a piece in which a small musical group and a large musical group are given distinct roles, with the smaller group to the fore. The most common kind of concerto pairs a solo instrument with a full orchestra. The term also implies the form of a piece, as most pieces called "concerto" have three (sometimes four) movements, in which the first movement i ... Including:

• Concerto - Early usage
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• Concerto - Structure of movements
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In the arts, Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the artistic style that dominated it. The Baroque style used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, and music. The style started around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe. In music, the Baroque applies to the final period of domi ... Including:

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• Baroque - Baroque literature and philosophy
• Baroque - Baroque music
• Baroque - Typical Instruments
• Baroque - Examples of typical Baroque music
• Baroque - The term Baroque

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A symphony is an extended piece of music usually for orchestra and comprising several movements. The main characteristics of the classical symphony, as it existed by the end of the 18th century in the German-speaking world were: 4 movements, of which the first would usually be a fast movement in sonata form, the second a slow movement, the third either a minuet and trio or a ternary dance-like (scherzo) movement in "simple triple" metre, finishing with a fourth, fast movement in rondo and/or sonata form. Instrumental, to be played by an orchestra of the relativ ... Including:

• Symphony - The word symphony
• Symphony - History of the form
• Symphony - The 18th century symphony
• Symphony - The 19th century symphony
• Symphony - The 20th century symphony
• Symphony - Composers of symphonies
• Symphony - Symphonies by number and name
• Symphony - Symphony as orchestra
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