THE Oxford English Dictionary defines a pastiche as ''a medley of various ingredients; a hotchpotch, farrago, jumble.'' The word is derived from the 13th-century Latin ''pasticium,'' a savory Mediterranean pie filled with whatever is left over in the kitchen. A modern analogue, pastitsio, can be found at every Greek diner in the land. ''The...
PARIS -- Antonio Vivaldi's musical output is not limited to the concertos that made him famous. He was also a prolific composer of operas, for his native Venice and elsewhere. Those operas are increasingly coming back to life, and a signal event in their rediscovery occurred on Saturday when the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées presented ''Orlando...
Two previously unknown violin sonatas by Vivaldi have been discovered in a collection of works by famous composers, including Handel, Corelli and Purcell, where they had been sitting unnoticed for 270 years, BBC News reported. The Foundling Museum in London discovered the pieces while cataloging the anthology, a 180-page portfolio of music compiled...
Antonio Vivaldi (4. marts 1678 i Venedig - 28. juli 1741 i Wien) var en italiensk violinist og komponist.
Han blev uddannet som violinist af sin far Sigfere, der var violinist. Vivaldi blev præst i 1703 og kendes som il prete rosso ("den røde præst"), da han var rødhåret under parykken. Han led af svær brystsyge antagelig angina pectoris og hurtigt fritaget for messetjeneste. Han blev nu kapelmester ved den anerkendte Pio Ospedale della Pieta; en katolsk skole for forældreløse piger, som særligt blev uddannet i sang og musik. Stedets status som musikinstitution var markant. Vivaldi komponerede fast koncerter til Pio Ospedale della Pieta og opsatte værkerne med pigerne. Vivaldi var i sin levetid kendt i hele Europa, fordi Venedigs handelsmæssige kontakter i Europa medførte kunst og kultur. Fold ud