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Anthony di Bonaventura (1929–2012) was an American pianist and Professor of Music at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts for 40 years. Bonaventura began piano studies at the age of three and gave the first professional concert at the age of four. He won a scholarship to New York’s Music School Settlement at six.
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Anthony di Bonaventura (November 12, 1929 – November 12, 2012) This website pays tribute to the memory of, and to the many musical, artistic and educational contributions made by the late Professor Anthony di Bonaventura during his multi-decade career teaching, recording, and performing classical piano.
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi [n 2] (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. [4] Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, Vivaldi ranks amongst the greatest Baroque composers and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers.
- Introduction
- Vivaldi’s Life
- Style and Influence
- Posthumous Reputation
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678–28 July 1741) was an Italian baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. Born in Venice, he is recognized as one of the greatest baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. He is known mainly for composing many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a v...
Childhood
Vivaldi’s parents were Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and Camilla Calicchio, as recorded in the register of San Giovanni in Bragora.Vivaldi had five siblings: Margarita Gabriela, Cecilia Maria, Bonaventura Tomaso, Zanetta Anna, and Francesco Gaetano. Giovanni Battista, who was a barber before becoming a professional violinist, taught Antonio to play the violin and then toured Venice playing the violin with his young son. Antonio was probably taught at an early age, judging by the extensive musical...
At the Conservatorio dell’Ospedale della Pietà
In September 1703, Vivaldi became maestro di violino(master of violin) at an orphanage called the Pio Ospedale della Pietà (Devout Hospital of Mercy) in Venice. While Vivaldi is most famous as a composer, he was regarded as an exceptional technical violinist as well. The German architect Johann Friedrich Armand von Uffenbach referred to Vivaldi as “the famous composer and violinist” and said that “Vivaldi played a solo accompaniment excellently, and at the conclusion he added a free fantasy [...
Opera Impresario
In 1715, he presented Nerone fatto Cesare (RV 724, now lost), with music by seven different composers, of which he was the leader. The opera contained eleven arias, and was a success. In the late season, Vivaldi planned to put on an opera composed entirely by him, Arsilda, regina di Ponto(RV 700), but the state censor blocked the performance. The main character, Arsilda, falls in love with another woman, Lisea, who is pretending to be a man. Vivaldi got the censor to accept the opera the foll...
Vivaldi’s music was innovative. He brightened the formal and rhythmic structure of the concerto, in which he looked for harmonic contrasts and innovative melodies and themes; many of his compositions are flamboyantly, almost playfully, exuberant. Johann Sebastian Bach was deeply influenced by Vivaldi’s concertos and arias (recalled in his St. John ...
During his lifetime, Vivaldi’s popularity quickly made him famous in other countries, including France, but after his death the composer’s popularity dwindled. After the baroque period, Vivaldi’s published concerti became relatively unknown and were largely ignored. Even Vivaldi’s most famous work, The Four Seasons, was unknown in its original edit...
Apr 7, 2024 · Inserted: 04.07.2024. Already on July 4, an Italian bandoneonist Daniele di Bonaventura will perform it the Riga Cathedral garden at the Rīgas Ritmi Festival, whose passionate performance has moved listeners in many countries around the world. In the project Tango Suite he will play with Latvian chamber orchestra Sinfonietta Rīga.
May 8, 1981 · Music Noted in Brief; Di Bonaventura, Pianist, Plays Early Debussy. Share full article. By Bernard Holland
