But if you really want to compare the two, Vivaldi's sense of melody is more consistently superior. His musical forms and stylistic variety are certainly much broader than Vivaldi's. Sure, Bach is one of the supreme composers, his counterpoint was untouchable. I think Stravinsky's famous quote is unfortunate because it feed so many Vivaldi haters. >"Bach does Vivaldi better than Vivaldi did" Here is the first movement of the Italian Concerto on harpsichord: Two pieces by Bach that show this particularly strongly are the Italian Concerto for harpsichord and the prelude to the Partita no. Without Vivaldi's influence, Bach's music might have much less impact than it does. Vivaldi brought to the table a rhythmic vivacity and harmonic clarity that Bach absorbed and added to the blend of French dance genres and ornamentation and German counterpoint in his summation of Baroque style.
Vivaldi was much-appreciated by Bach who copied and transcribed several of his concertos. I have played on a few occasions the Concerto in D major for mandolin, known most of all in its version for guitar. About 40 are for two instruments and strings, and about 30 are for three or more instruments and strings. Yes, Vivaldi really did write more than 500 concertos for his students: 230 for violin, others being for bassoon, cello, oboe, flute, viola d'amore, recorder, lute, or mandolin. Under Vivaldi's instruction and performing his music the instrumental and choral ensembles became famous throughout Europe. The boys had to leave the orphanage at 15, but the girls could stay and received a fine musical education. Vivaldi taught violin and wrote music for both sacred and secular occasions. For thirty years his principal employment was as music instructor in the Conservatorio dell'Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, an orphanage supported by the state. UPDATE: This post has been particularly hit with a bad case of link-rot, so I am replacing all the original musical clips with new ones.įollowing on the last post, another well-known music joke concerns Vivaldi and goes like this: Vivaldi didn't really write five hundred concertos, he wrote the same concerto five hundred times! Bada-bing!Īntonio Vivaldi really is one of the most important Baroque composers.
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